Women
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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A Sense of ThemselvesElizabeth Murray's Leadership in School and Community |
This vivid portrayal of the late Elizabeth (Betty) Murray recreates the life and times of one of Nova Scotia’s finest educators and community leaders, a does at the grassroots. It examines … | Carol E. Harris | 192 | 1998 | View |
NEW! Alexa!Changing the Face of Canadian Politics |
Alexa McDonough’s impact on Canadian politics cannot be measured solely by election victories or seat tallies. As the first female leader of a mainstream Canadian political party, she … | Stephen Kimber | 288 | 2021 | View |
Beverley McLachlinThe Legacy of a Supreme Court Chief Justice |
As a judge, Beverley McLachlin has had an unequalled impact on Canadian life. She stands out for her unique ability to stand up for the values and beliefs that reflect the best of Canada and … | Ian Greene; Peter McCormick | 232 | 2019 | View |
Captured HeartsNew Brunswick's War Brides |
Imagine you’re a young woman caught up in the ugly reality of war. You meet and fall in love with a young soldier from a foreign country. You marry and your world is upended: when the war … | Melynda Jarratt | 148 | 2008 | View |
Going PublicA Survivor's Journey From Grief to Action |
It took Julie Macfarlane a lifetime to say the words out loud—the words that finally broke the calm and traveled farther than she could have imagined. In this clear-eyed account, she … | Julie Macfarlane | 228 | 2020 | View |
NEW! Holden After & BeforeLove Letter for a Son Lost to Overdose |
With poignant honesty and a heart laid bare, Holden After and Before is a beautiful and moving elegy to a son lost to overdose. Holden After and Before is a moving meditation on grief in the same … | Tara McGuire | 356 | 2022 | View |
NerveLessons on Leadership from Two Women Who Went First |
Candid and insightful perspectives on the dilemmas and opportunities women confront as they take on leadership positions. Martha Piper and Indira Samarasekera had vastly different career paths on … | Indira Samarasekera; Martha Piper | 320 | 2021 | View |
No One to TellBreaking My Silence on Life in the RCMP |
In 2012, Janet Merlo was among the first female RCMP officers to publicly allege she had experienced sexual harassment and gender discrimination while serving in Canada’s national police … | Janet Merlo | 232 | 2013 | View |
Northern WildflowerA Memoir |
Northern Wildflower is the beautifully written and powerful memoir of Catherine Lafferty. With startling honesty and a distinct voice, Lafferty tells her story of being a Dene woman growing up in … | Catherine Lafferty | 155 | 2018 | View |
Storming the Old Boys’ CitadelTwo Pioneer Women Architects of Nineteenth Century North America |
“Women” and “architecture” were once mutually exclusive terms. In an 1891 address, Louise Blanchard Bethune declared, “it is hardly safe to assert” that a … | Carla Blank; Tania Martin | 234 | 2014 | View |
The M WordConversations about Motherhood |
A Dropped Threads-style anthology, assembling original and inspiring works by some of Canada’s best younger female writers — such as Heather Birrell, Saleema Nawaz, Susan Olding, … | Kerry Clare | 320 | 2014 | View |
The Point is To Change the WorldSelected Writings of Andaiye |
Radical activist, thinker, and comrade of Walter Rodney, Andaiye was one of the Caribbean’s most important political voices. For the first time, her writings are published in one collection. … | Alissa Trotz; Andaiye | 320 | 2020 | View |
The Teen Sex TradeMy Story |
Jade Brooks grew up like any other kid — she played with friends, lovingly teased and was teased by her siblings, and excelled at school. It wasn’t until she was removed from her … | Jade M. Brooks | 200 | 2017 | View |
The Wheel of ThingsA Biography of Lucy Maud Montgomery |
Lucy Maud Montgomery is Canada’s best-known writer of children’s fiction. Anne of Green Gables — in print, film, television or on stage — captures people’s imaginations as easily now as it did … | Mollie Gillen | 2015 | View | |
This is My Real NameA Stripper's Memoir |
The frank and bracing memoir of a woman who spent ten years as a stripper. This Is My Real Name is the memoir of Cid V Brunet, who spent ten years working as a dancer at strip clubs, using the … | Cid V Brunet | 289 | 2021 | View |
NEW! Tracking the Caribou QueenMemoir of a Settler Girlhood |
In this challenging memoir about her formative years in Yellowknife in the ’60s and ’70s, author Margaret Macpherson lays bare her own white privilege, her multitude of unexamined … | Margaret Macpherson | 296 | 2022 | View |