Book
Canadian women & the struggle for equality / Lorna R. Marsden.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780195430493
- Physical Description: xi, 290 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: Don Mills, Ont. : Oxford University Press, c2012.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "The road to gender equality since 1867"--Cover. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [262]-278) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The setting and the purpose -- Women struggle with the law : the law struggles with women -- Women, war, and social change in Canada -- Demographics change women's lives -- How women changed Canada -- Making a living : a perpetual frontier for women -- The continuation : patterns of change. |
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| Subject: | Women > Canada > History. Equality > Canada > History. Women's rights > Canada > History. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Selkirk College.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Castlegar Campus Library | HQ 1453 M37 2012 (Text)
Copy: c. 1
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B001387448 | General | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Choice Reviews : Choice Reviews 2013 June
Lorna Marsden is among the most respected women in Canada. She is a sociologist, past president of York and Wilfrid Laurier Universities, a Canadian senator, and president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women (Canada's umbrella group of progressive women's organizations). This book traces the process of social change for women in Canada, emphasizing patterns and circumstances for the improvement of their status from Confederation (1867) to the present. The primary areas discussed are the law, outcomes of war, demographic change, organizing for equality, and employment, as well as women's relationships to institutions and power. Marsden pays attention to the many cultural groups within Canada by race/ethnicity, immigrant status, class, and geography (especially provincially), as well as special circumstances of First Nations and Quebec women (though more attention is needed on the latter). Particularly useful are the charts tracing major developments over the years and the thorough bibliography. Certainly, there are many volumes on women's movements in Canada; this one is specifically aimed at undergraduate sociology students, emphasizing differences of the Canadian case and its specific structures, including the heritage from England, France, and Aboriginal peoples. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All public, general, and undergraduate collections. General Readers; Lower-division Undergraduates; Upper-division Undergraduates; Two-year Technical Program Students; Professionals/Practitioners. P. LeClerc St. Lawrence University Copyright 2013 American Library Association.
