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Runaway wives and rogue feminists : the origins of the women's shelter movement in Canada  Cover Image Book Book

Runaway wives and rogue feminists : the origins of the women's shelter movement in Canada

Goodhand, Margo (author.).

Summary: Examines the history of women's shelters in Canada.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781552669990 (softcover)
  • ISBN: 9781773630007 (epub)
  • ISBN: 9781776330014 (kindle)
  • Physical Description: print
    162 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: Winnipeg : Fernwood Publishing, [2017]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-160) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Nowhere to Go -- 1963: The First Wave and Betty Friedan -- The Whooping Crane and the Royal Commission -- 1970 and a Call to Action -- A Dawning Awareness -- Toronto: The Runaway Wives -- Aldergrove: A Goddess Is Born -- Alberta: A Legacy of Pioneers -- Saskatoon: The "Women Alone" -- Vancouver: A Home Base at Last -- How They Operated -- The Women They Served -- Where Did We Go? -- Where Are We Now?
Additional Physical Form available Note:
Issued also in electronic format.
Subject: Women's shelters -- Canada -- History
Abused women -- Services for -- Canada -- History
Feminists -- Canada -- History
Women -- Canada -- Social conditions
Women -- Canada -- History

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Legislative Library.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Legislative Library, Vaughan Street HV 1448 .C3 Goo (Text) 36970100163593 Manitoba Heritage Collection Not holdable Onsite consultation -

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