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Resource type
Book
Authors/contributors
Title
Feminist History in Canada: New Essays on Women, Gender, Work, and Nation
Abstract
In the late 1970s, feminist historians urged us to “rethink” Canada by placing women’s perspectives and experiences at the centre of historical analysis. Forty years later, feminism continues to inform history writing in Canada and has inspired historians to look beyond the nation and adopt a more global perspective. This exciting new volume of original essays opens with a discussion of the debates, themes, and methodological approaches that have preoccupied women’s and gender historians across Canada over the past twenty years. The chapters that follow showcase the work of new and established scholars who draw on the insights of critical race theory, postcolonial theory, and transnational history to re-examine familiar topics such as biography and oral history, paid and unpaid work, marriage and family, and women’s political action. Whether they focus on the marriage of Governor James Douglas and his Metis wife, Amelia; representations of saleswomen in department store catalogues; or the careers of professional women such as international child activist Charlotte Whitton and Quebec social work professors at Laval University, the contributors demonstrate the continued relevance – and growth – of history informed by feminist perspectives, and they open a much-needed dialogue between francophone and anglophone historians in Canada.-- Publisher's description
Place
Vancouver
Publisher
UBC Press
Date
2013
# of Pages
x, 290 pages: illustrations, portraits
Language
English
ISBN
978-0-7748-2619-8
Short Title
Feminist History in Canada
URL
https://www.ubcpress.ca/feminist-history-in-canada
Extra
Available to readers with print disabilities at Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/feministhistoryi0000unse OCLC: 854497794
Notes

Contents: Introduction: Productive Pasts and New Directions / Catherine Carstairs and Nancy Janovicek. 1. James Douglas, Amelia Connolly, and the Writing of Gender and Women’s History / Adele Perry -- 2. Using Diaries to Explore the Shared Worlds of Family and Community in Nineteenth-Century New Brunswick / Gail G. Campbell -- 3. “A Little Offensive and Defensive Alliance”: Friendship, Professional Networks, and International Child Welfare Policy / Karen Balcom -- 4. "The Necessity of Going": Julia Grace Wales's Transnational Life as a Peace Activist and a Scholar / Lorna R. McLean -- 5. Feminist Ideals and Everyday Life: Professional Women's Feminism at Victoria College, University of Toronto, 1900-40 / Catherine Gidney -- 6. Singleness and Choice: The Impact of Age, Time, and Class on Three Female Youth Diarists in 1930s Canada / Heidi MacDonald -- 7. Sexual Spectacles: Saleswomen in Canadian Department Store Magazines between 1920 and 1950 / Donica Belisle -- 8. Gender and the Career Paths of Professors in the École de service social at Laval University, 1943-72 / Hélène Charron -- 9. Teaching June Cleaver, Being Hazel Chong: An Oral History of Gender, Race, and National "Character" / Kristina R. Llewellyn -- 10. The Ontario Women's History Network: Linking Teachers, Scholars, and History Communities / Rose Fine-Meyer -- 11. Fighting the “Corset of Victorian Prejudice”: Women's Activism in Canadian Engineering during the Pioneering Decades (1970s-80s) / Ruby Heap -- 12. Ad Hoc Activism: Feminist Citizens Respond to the Meech Lake Accord in New Brunswick / Anthony S.C. Hampton -- 13. To Help and to Serve: Women’s Career Paths in the Domestic Services Sector in Quebec City, 1960-2009 / Catherine Charron.

Citation
Janoviček, N., & Carstairs, C. (Eds.). (2013). Feminist History in Canada: New Essays on Women, Gender, Work, and Nation. UBC Press. https://www.ubcpress.ca/feminist-history-in-canada
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