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Framing Our Past

Constructing Canadian Women's History in the Twentieth Century

Sharon Anne Cook author Lorna R McLean author Kate O'Rourke author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:McGill-Queen's University Press

Published:24th Jul '06

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This startling collection gives voice to Canadian women's experiences and accomplishments during the twentieth century.

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.

"This well-researched and profusely illustrated standard reference work ... is an indispensable book for readers interested in women's studies, social history, and family studies." Choice "A beautiful book ... I was immediately struck by how far Canadian women's history has come in the last three decades." The Beaver "The editors are to be congratulated for attempting to capture the diversity of women's lives and experiences. Fascinating and insightful." The Canadian Historical Review

ISBN: 9780773531598

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 1754g

532 pages