Framing Our Past: Constructing Canadian Women's History in the Twentieth CenturyWith 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. |
Contents
FAMILY AND THE HOME | 73 |
TEACHING AND LEARNING | 147 |
WOMENS ACTIVISM AND THE STATE | 199 |
HEALTH CARE AND SCIENCE | 275 |
EARNING THEIR BREAD | 317 |
Archival Sources Identified by EssayVignette | 423 |
CrossReferenced Essay Index | 427 |
Notes | 431 |
Selected Readings | 485 |
Contributors | 489 |
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Framing Our Past: Canadian Women's History in the Twentieth Century Sharon Anne Cook,Lorna R. McLean,Kate O'Rourke No preview available - 2006 |
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