Struggle for Social Justice in British Columbia : Helena Gutteridge, the Unknown Reformer. by Howard, Irene

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The business of women : marriage, family, and entrepreneurship in British Columbia 1901-51 / Melanie Buddle. by Buddle, Melanie, 1971-

Table of Contents: “…Businesswomen in British Columbia -- The marriage of business and women : family status and entrepreneurship in British Columbia -- Careers for women : sex segregation in self-employment -- "They are quick, alert, clear-eyed business girls" : the Business and Professional Women's Clubs of British Columbia -- "You have to think like a man and act like a lady" : gender, class, and businesswomen -- Conclusion : "darkened by family obligations" : reflections on the business of women.…”
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Sojourning Sisters : the Lives and Letters of Jessie and Annie McQueen. by Barman, Jean

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Equality deferred : sex discrimination and British Columbia's human rights state, 1953-84 / Dominique Clément. by Clément, Dominique, 1975-

Table of Contents: “…Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Additional Resources -- Introduction -- Sex Discrimination in Canadian Law -- "No Jews or Dogs Allowed" -- Gender and Canada's Human Rights State -- Women and Anti-Discrimination Law in British Columbia, 1953-69 -- Jack Sherlock and the Failed Human Rights Act, 1969-73 -- Kathleen Ruff and the Human Rights Code, 1973-79 -- Struggling to Innovate, 1979-83 -- Making New Law under the Human Rights Code -- The Politics of (Undermining) Human Rights -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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Beckoned by the sea : women at work on the Cascadia Coast / Sylvia Taylor ; foreword by Renée Sarojini Saklikar. by Taylor, Sylvia, 1957-

Subjects: “…Women Employment British Columbia Pacific Coast.…”
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A silent revolution? : gender and wealth in English Canada, 1860-1930 / Peter Baskerville. by Baskerville, Peter A.

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The small details of life : twenty diaries by women in Canada, 1830-1996 / edited by Kathryn Carter.

Table of Contents: “…Conflict and confusion : Jessie Nagle and Susan Nagle: Jessie Melville Nagle diary, British Columbia, 1869-70, Susan Abercrombie Nagle diary, British Columbia, 1870 / Anita Bonson -- Sarah Crease and Susan Crease: diaries, British Columbia, 1878 / Barbara Powell -- Constances Kerr Sissons: diary, Ontario, 1901-2 / Rosalind Kerr -- pt. 3. …”
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Between colliding worlds : the ambiguous existence of government agencies for aboriginal and women's policy / Jonathan Malloy. by Malloy, Jonathan, 1970-

Table of Contents: “…Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Special Policy Agencies -- 3 The Colliding Worlds -- 4 Political Change and the Ontario Women's Directorate -- 5 Aboriginal Policy Agencies in Ontario and British Columbia -- 6 Special Policy Agencies under New Public Management -- 7 The Permanent Ambiguity of Special Policy Agencies -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z…”
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The Woman Suffrage Movement in Canada : Second Edition. by Cleverdon, Catherine L.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; CONTENTS; 1 INTRODUCTION: Chivalry and Justice; 2 ONTARIO: The Pioneer; 3 THE PRAIRIE PROVINCES: Democracy's Grass Roots -- 4 BRITISH COLUMBIA: The Individualist; 5 OTTAWA INTERLUDE: Women's Political Rights as a Federal Issue; 6 THE MARITIME PROVINCES: Stronghold of Conservatism; 7 QUEBEC: The First Shall Be Last; APPENDICES; A. …”
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New Woman Hybridities : Femininity, Feminism, and International Consumer Culture. by Heilmann, Ann

Table of Contents: “…Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Notes on the contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Hybridities; Bertha Thomas: the New Woman and 'Anglo-Welsh' hybridity; A Hungarian New Woman writer and a hybrid autobiographical subject: Margit Kaffka's 'Lyrical Notes of a Year'; Through the (periodical) looking glass; Writing women's history: 'the sex' debates of 1889; The American New Woman and her influence on the Daughters of the Empire of British Columbia in the daily press (1880 95).…”
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Fertile ground : exploring reproduction in Canada / edited by Stephanie Paterson, Francesca Scala, and Marlene K. Sokolon. by Paterson, Stephanie, 1972-, Scala, Francesca, Sokolon, Marlene K.

Table of Contents: “…Gustafson and Marilyn Porter -- IVF policy and the stratification of reproduction in Canada / Francesca Scala -- Stratified reproduction : making the case for butch lesbians', transmen's, and genderqueer individuals' experiences in British Columbia / Michelle Walks -- Reproducing inequality and identity : an intersectional analysis of maternal health preferences / Candace Johnson -- Quebec's constitutional challenge to the Assisted Human Reproduction Act : overlooking women's reproductive autonomy? …”
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Into the fire : disaster and the remaking of gender / Shelley Pacholok. by Pacholok, Shelley, 1966-

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Women and gender in the American West / edited by Mary Ann Irwin and James F. Brooks.

Table of Contents: “…Cavanaugh -- Taming Aboriginal sexuality : gender, power, and race in British Columbia, 1850-1900 / Jean Barman -- Going about and doing good : the politics of benevolence, welfare, and gender in San Francisco, 1850-1880" / Mary Ann Irwin -- Strong animal passions in the gilded age : race, sex, and a senator on trial / Lynn M. …”
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Finding Dawn.

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Women and well-being / edited by Vanaja Dhruvarajan = Les femmes et le mieux-être / sous la direction de Vanaja Dhruvarajan.

Table of Contents: “…Redesigning health care for women / Monique Bégin -- Illness as metaphor in the nineteenth-century novel / Andrea Lebowitz -- Women's liberation and women's mental health : towards a political economy of eating disorders / Dawn Currie -- Towards an understanding of the social logic underlying women's sporting practices / Doris McIlroy -- The women beyond the gates : female mental health patients in British Columbia, 1910-1935 / Megan Barker Davies -- The family, women and caregiving : who cares for the caregivers? …”
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An officer and a lady : Canadian military nursing and the Second World War / Cynthia Toman. by Toman, Cynthia, 1948-

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Women, work, and coping : a multidisciplinary approach to workplace stress / edited by Bonita C. Long and Sharon E. Kahn.

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Why thee wed? gay perspectives on same-sex marriage / Canada. Dept. of Finance.

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Framing our past : Canadian women's history in the twentieth century / edited by Sharon Anne Cook, Lorna R. McLean, and Kate O'Rourke.

Table of Contents: “…Squire -- Vignette: life in the town of Nelson, British Columbia / Brenda Hornby -- "Doing all the rest": Church women of the Ladies' Aid Society / Marilyn Fa*rdig Whitely -- Preserving habits: memory within Communities of English Canadian Women religious / Elizabeth Smyth -- Mildred Armstrong and Missionary Culture / Marjorie Levan -- Vignette: women's spiritual lives -- E Pauline Johnson: Mohawk-English writer and performer / Veronica Strong-Boag -- Sidebar: Emma Albani -- Vignette: two perspectives on urban living -- Mairuth Sarsfield / Mairuth Hodge Sarsfield -- Sidebar: Margaret Marshall Saunders.…”
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Bodily subjects : essays on gender and health, 1800-2000 / edited by Tracy Penny Light, Barbara Brookes, and Wendy Mitchinson. by Brookes, Barbara L. (Barbara Lesley), 1955-, Mitchinson, Wendy, Light, Tracy Penny, 1970-

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