A Diversity of Women : : Women in Ontario since 1945 /

A Diversity of Women : : Women in Ontario since 1945 / / ed. by Joy Parr.

Our perception of women's roles has changed dramatically since 1945. In this collection Joy Parr has brought together ten studies from a variety of disciplines examining changing ideas about women.Mariana Valverde writes about teenage girls in the immediate postwar years and finds that stereoty...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
MitwirkendeR:
Adamson, Nancy,
Cardinal, Linda,
Castellano, Marlene Brant,
Cebotarev, E.A. (Nora),
Hill, Janice,
Iacovetta, Franca,
Parr, Joy,
Reiter, Ester,
Sangster, Joan,
Strong-Boag, Veronica,
Valverde, Mariana,
HerausgeberIn:
Parr, Joy,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©1995
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (335 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Building Anti-Delinquent Communities: Morality, Gender, and Generation in the City
  • Their Side of the Story': Women's Voices from Ontario Suburbs, 1945-60
  • Shopping for a Good Stove: A Parable about Gender, Design, and the Market
  • Doing Two Jobs: The Wage-Earning Mother, 1945-70
  • Remaking Their Lives: Women Immigrants, Survivors, and Refugees
  • First-Class Workers Don't Want Second- Class Wages: The Lanark Strike in Dunnville
  • From Domesticity to the Public Sphere: Farm Women, 1945-86
  • First Nations Women: Reclaiming Our Responsibilities
  • Feminists, Libbers, Lefties, and Radicals: The Emergence of the Women's Liberation Movement
  • Making a Difference: The Theory and Practice of Francophone Women's Groups, 1969-82
  • Picture Credits
  • Index

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