Framing Our Past: Canadian Women's History in the Twentieth Century - Couverture souple

McLean, Lorna R; O'Rourke, Kate; Cook, Sharon Anne

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0773531599 ISBN 13 : 9780773531598

Editeur : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2006

Synopsis

With introductory essays by historians, Framing Our Past emphasizes the lived experiences of women: their participation in many areas of social life, such as social rituals with other women; organized sporting clubs; philanthropic, spiritual and aesthetic activities; study and reading groups. The authors then focus on women's roles as nurturers and keepers of the hearth B their experiences with family management, child care, and health concerns. They consider women's varied contributions within formal and informal educational systems as well as their instrumental political role in consumer activism, social work, peace movements, and royal commissions. Canadian women's shaping of health care and science through nursing, physiotherapy and research are discussed, as is women's work, from domestic labour to dressmaking to broadcasting to banking. Using diary accounts, oral history, letters, organizational records, paintings, quilts, dressmaking patterns, milliners' records, posters, Framing our Past offers a unique opportunity to share what is rarely if ever seen, offering insights into the preservation and interpretation of historical sources.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Sharon Anne Cook is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Ottawa.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0773531599
• ISBN 13: 9780773531598
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 532
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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