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Canadian Women and the Struggle for Equality: The Road to Gender Equality Since 1867
Lorna R. Marsden
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paperback. In this multidisciplinary look at 150 years of women changing Canada - and a country changing for women - sociologist and activist Lorna R. Marsden depicts the move toward equality from Confederation to the 1985 embedding of equality rights in the Constitution to today's continued struggle. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFJ; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
What range of possibilities might appear on the horizon to a young woman today as she contemplates her future compared to those envisioned by a young woman 150 years ago? And how would her daily life be different? The degree of change in women's lives in Canada over the last 150 years is staggering, and much is the result of the fight for greater equality. How did this change take place? Establishing equality as a fact of daily life has been a protracted struggle, and one that remains far from finished. Over the last century and a half since ... Read more
What range of possibilities might appear on the horizon to a young woman today as she contemplates her future compared to those envisioned by a young woman 150 years ago? And how would her daily life be different? The degree of change in women's lives in Canada over the last 150 years is staggering, and much is the result of the fight for greater equality. How did this change take place? Establishing equality as a fact of daily life has been a protracted struggle, and one that remains far from finished. Over the last century and a half since ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
OUP Canada Canada
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, Canada
ISBN
9780199025022
SKU
V9780199025022
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About Lorna R. Marsden
Lorna R. Marsden is a sociologist, activist, and former politician. She was the president and vice-chancellor of Wilfrid Laurier University and York University and sat in the Canadian Senate from 1984 to 1992. She is a member of the Order of Canada and the Order of Ontario.
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