Rethinking Feminist History and Theory: Essays on Gender, Class, and Labour

Contents: Part 1: Women, Labour, and the Left. “Don’t Dare”: Labour, Feminism, and the Left on Strike at Dare Foods, 1972–1973 / Mason Godden -- The Poet and the Nun: Class-Struggle Feminism in Windsor, Ontario, during the 1970s / Sean Antaya -- “Most Women Would Prefer to Keep Their Mouths Shut”: Challenging Sexual Harassment within the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1981–1986 / Barbara M. Freeman -- The 1995 Calgary Laundry Workers’ Strike: A Case Study on the Power and Limits of Racialized Women’s Class Struggle / Andrea Samoil. Part 2: Gender and Politics. “Giving Women a Voice”: Annie Townley, the Labour Party, and Women’s Politicization in South-West England in the Interwar Years / June Hannam -- Centros de Madres: From Their Origins to Their Radicalization under Salvador Allende’s Government / Gabriela Castillo -- A Global Turning Point for Equal Pay Struggles: International Women’s Year, 1975 / Silke Neunsinger and Ragnheiður Kristjánsdóttir -- The Impact of Communism and Socialism on Women’s Struggles and Social Entitlements in the Twentieth Century: A Global Overview / Alvin Finkell. Part 3: Violence and the Law. The Seduction of Vivian MacMillan: Scandal, Politics, and Perception in Depression-Era Alberta / P.E. Bryden -- Rehabilitating “the Girls”: Women’s Employment and Expertise in the Prison for Women, 1949–1965 / Katie-Marie McNeill -- Battered Women and Self-Defence before R. v. Lavallee: The Forgotten Case of R. v. Whynot (Stafford) / Nadia Verrelli and Lori Chambers. Part 4: Theory and Method. From Dreams of Equality to One Hundred Years of Struggle: Radical Women’s Biographies in the History of Canadian Politics / Linda Kealey -- Revisiting Many Tender Ties: A Materialist Reading of Sylvia Van Kirk’s Text / Deanna Yi Turner -- Gender, Migration, and the Temporalities of Late Capitalism: Social Reproduction in the Economies of Affect / Winnie Lem -- Joan Sangster’s Socialist-Feminist History / Ted McCoy.