A Great Rural Sisterhood : : Madge Robertson Watt and the ACWW / / Linda M. Ambrose.
As the founding president of the Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW), Madge Robertson Watt (1868–1948) turned imperialism on its head. During the First World War, Watt imported the “made-in-Canada” concept of Women’s Institutes – voluntary associations of rural women – to the British countr...
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Ambrose, Linda M. , author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut A Great Rural Sisterhood : Madge Robertson Watt and the ACWW / Linda M. Ambrose. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2015] ©2015 1 online resource (360 p.) : 24 b&w illustrations, 2 b&w tables text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Framing the Life of Madge Robertson Watt -- Chapter One. Formative Years: Family Influences and University Life -- Chapter Two. Scripting the New Woman: Writer and Editor -- Chapter Three. Playing Multiple Parts: Family, Society, and Sorrow -- Chapter Four. Role Reversal: From Colonial Widow to Imperial War Hero -- Chapter Five. On the World Stage: Forging International Networks -- Chapter Six. Sidelined by War: Waning Influence, Denial, and Death -- Conclusion. Interpreting the Significance of Madge Watt -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star As the founding president of the Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW), Madge Robertson Watt (1868–1948) turned imperialism on its head. During the First World War, Watt imported the “made-in-Canada” concept of Women’s Institutes – voluntary associations of rural women – to the British countryside. In the interwar years, she capitalized on the success of the Institutes to help create the ACWW, a global organization of rural women. A feminist imperialist and a liberal internationalist, Watt was central to the establishment of two organizations which remain active around the world today.In A Great Rural Sisterhood, Linda M. Ambrose uses a wealth of archival materials from both sides of the Atlantic to tell the story of Watt’s remarkable life, from her early years as a Toronto journalist to her retirement and memorialization after the Second World War. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Jun 2024) Feminists Canada Biography. Rural women Social conditions. Rural women Societies and clubs. Women social reformers Canada Biography. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter ACUP Complete eBook-Package 2015 9783111274027 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 9783110606812 https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442669017 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781442669017 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781442669017/original |
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