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Two firsts : Bertha Wilson and Claire L'Heureux -Dubé at the Supreme Court of Canada / Constance Backhouse.
The lives and careers of the two first women judges on the Supreme Court of Canada.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781772600933 (Paperback)
- ISBN: 1772600938 (Paperback)
- Physical Description: 298 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: Toronto, ON : Second Story Press, [2019]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-285) and index. |
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| Subject: | Wilson, Bertha. L'Heureux-Dubé, Claire. Canada. Supreme Court. Judges > Canada > Biography. Women judges > Canada > Biography. |
| Genre: | Biographies. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Selkirk College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castlegar Campus Library | KE 8246 B33 2019 (Text) | B001628700 | General | Volume hold | Available | - |
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Bertha Wilson and Claire LâHeureux-Dubé were the first women judges on the Supreme Court of Canada, polar opposites in background and temperament, the two faced many identical challenges. - Orca Book Publishers
Bertha Wilson and Claire LâHeureux-Dubé were the first women judges on the Supreme Court of Canada. Their 1980s judicial appointments delighted feminists and shocked the legal establishment. Polar opposites in background and temperament, the two faced many identical challenges. Constance Backhouseâs compelling narrative explores the sexist roadblocks both women faced in education, law practice, and in the courts. She profiles their different ways of coping, their landmark decisions for womenâs rights, and their less stellar records on race. To explore the lives and careers of these two path-breaking women is to venture into a world of legal sexism from a past era. The question becomes, how much of that sexism has been relegated to the bins of history, and how much continues? - Univ of Toronto Pr
Bertha Wilson and Claire Lâ??Heureux-Dubé were the first women judges on the Supreme Court of Canada. Their 1980s judicial appointments delighted feminists and shocked the legal establishment. Polar opposites in background and temperament, the two faced many identical challenges.
Constance Backhouse's compelling narrative explores the sexist roadblocks they faced in education, law practice, and on the courts. She profiles their different ways of coping, their landmark decisions for womenâ??s rights, and their less stellar records on race. To explore the lives and careers of these two path-breaking women is to venture into a world of legal sexism from a past era. The question for the future becomes: how much of this sexism been relegated to the bins of history, and how much continues? - Univ of Toronto Pr
A compelling biography about Bertha Wilson and Claire Lâ??Heureux-Dubé —the two first women judges on the Supreme Court of Canada.
