Champions of Women's Rights: Leading Canadian women and their battles for social justice

by Moushumi Chakrabarty

Overview

The stories of Canadian women who challenged the establishment and paved the way for greater equality are compelling. From the mid 1800s to the 1920s when women had few civil rights in Canada, pioneering women activists made their presence strongly felt in political life and achieved important early gains. There were the Famous Five, now honoured with a statue on Parliament Hill, agitating for the vote for women, but there were many others. In the fields of politics, medicine, agriculture, trade
unions and education, women like Lea Roback, Charlotte Whitton, Anna Leonowens and Emily Stowe showed everyone that it was no longer a man's world. Their stories are told in this lively book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781552777282
Publisher:	James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
Publication date:	12/15/2011
Series:	Amazing Stories
Sold by:	De Marque
Format:	eBook
Pages:	1
File size:	629 KB

About the Author

MOUSHUMI CHAKRABARTY grew up in Poona, India, and now makes her home in Mississauga, Ontario. She has been writing for over a decade with stints as a reporter and writer for a daily newspaper and a travel trade journal. Her writing has been published in anthologies, e-zines, and magazines.

Table of Contents

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: Emily Stowe

Chapter 2: Amelia Yeomans

Chapter 3: Henrietta Muir Edwards

Chapter 4: E. Cora Hind

Chapter 5: Irene Parlby

Chapter 6: Louise McKinney

Chapter 7: Emily Murphy

Chapter 8: Nellie McClung

Chapter 9: Lea Roback

Chapter 10: Anna Leonowens

Chapter 11: Charlotte Winton

Acknowledgements

Sources and Further Reading

About the Author

Photo Credits

Index