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“Deeds, Not Words”

From: From Suffragette to Homesteader

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The Struggle of the Suffragettes in Edwardian Britain 16 $1.60 Add
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Chapter Three

Settling In

From: Captured Hearts

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Chapter Three focuses on how these women and their husbands settled back into civilian life in New Brunswick after the war. It focuses on the hardships, isolation, cultural and religious … 20 $2.00 Add
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Girls’ Sport Run by Girls

From: Immodest and Sensational

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The 1920s had brought significant change to Canadian women’s sport with the growth of teams and leagues, especially those sponsored by industrial concerns, the beginning of international … 14 $1.40 Add
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PART 1 – Fighting Back

Workplace Activism

From: Through the Mill

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This chapter looks at workplace activism and labour groups, and how women were treated by and excluded from these groups. It looks at the demographics of female workers and intersecting … 32 $3.20 Add
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Signing up to Serve

From: Asleep in the Deep

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This chapter describes the distinctive Canadian Nursing Sister uniform and the procedures undergone to recruit and select nurses for the Canadian Army Medical Corp once war was declared. … 18 $1.80 Add
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The Rational-Humanist Roots of Equality Feminism

From: Women and Work

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The author examines the historical roots of the equality feminist perspective, highlighting how education and work has been traditionally gendered. 21 $2.10 Add
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The Sister with a Hammer

Part III

From: Storming the Old Boys’ Citadel

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Part three of Sister with a Hammer focuses on the life of Mother Joseph (born Esther Pariseau) a catholic nun who is representative of the nameless pioneer women who helped to build nineteenth … ; 24 $2.40 Add
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Untrammelled Landscapes

From: Woman, Watching

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Chapter Four focuses on Louise’s move to Canada. The chapter explores Louise’s joining of the Canadian Red Cross Outpost Service, her settling in Bonfield, Northern Ontario, her … 27 $2.70 Add
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Chapter Four

Continental War Brides

From: Captured Hearts

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Chapter Four examines the experience of the war bride who came from the continent. Unlike their British counterparts, these brides from France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, and the Netherlands had … 20 $2.00 Add
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Hold Fast to This

From: Woman, Watching

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Chapter Five explores Louise’s relationship with Leonard "Len" Lawrence. The chapter discusses her move to Cabane, her mother’s visit to Canada, her marriage to Len, and … 18 $1.80 Add
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Locating Race in Suffrage

From: From Suffragette to Homesteader

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Discourses and Encounters with Race and Empire in the British Suffrage Movement 15 $1.50 Add
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Nursing in the Canadian Army Medical Corps

Moore Baracks

From: Asleep in the Deep

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Although Anna Stamers left no personal account or letters escribing her work, war diaries, records of service, newspaper reports, and letters and diaries of other nursing sisters give form and … 18 $1.80 Add
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PART 2 – Dominating the Canadian Cotton Industry

From: Through the Mill

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This chapter explores the cotton textile industry’s evolution after the first world war, and specifically women’s experiences during this period. It covers the experiences of families … 47 $4.70 Add
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Pushing the Boundaries

From: Immodest and Sensational

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Looks at an analysis of women’s sports columnists in the 1930s and the women writers who defeneded women’s sports and female athletes 10 $1.00 Add
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Saving a Grand Old Lady

Part I

From: Storming the Old Boys’ Citadel

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Part one of Saving a Grand Old Lady focuses on the life of Louise Bethune (born Jennie Louise Blanchard), one of the “exceptional women” admitted into the architecture profession … ; 30 $3.00 Add
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Socialist Feminism

Two Approaches to Understanding Women's Work

From: Women and Work

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This chapter explores socialist feminism in the nineteenth century, focusing on the intersection between social reproduction theory and its analysis of women’s unpaid work at home. 22 $2.20 Add