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Making the Best of It
Women and Girls of Canada and Newfoundland During the Second World War
Sarah Glassford (Edited by), Amy J. Shaw (Edited by)
9780774862776
Hardback, published 15 April 2020
310 pages, 20 b&w photo, 1 chart
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.58 kg
[T]his is a very useful study, one in which the authors make full use of British and American research, and the bibliography alone will make it invaluable. - J.L. Granatstein (CHOICE Connect) This collection [of essays] importantly brings our attention to voices and perspectives that have excluded from World War II Canadian history and, in doing so, directs us to think further about areas that remain to be explored. - Carol Acton, University of Waterloo (University of Toronto Quarterly)
Many women who lived through the Second World War believed it heralded new status and opportunities, but scholars have argued that very little changed. How can these interpretations be reconciled? Making the Best of It examines the ways in which gender and other identities intersected to shape the experiences of female Canadians and Newfoundlanders during the war. The contributors to this thoughtful collection consider mainstream and minority populations, girls and women, and different parts of Canada and Newfoundland. They reassess topics such as women in the military and in munitions factories, and tackle entirely new subjects such as wartime girlhood in Quebec. Collectively, these essays broaden the scope of what we know about the changes the war wrought in the lives of Canadian women and girls, and address wider debates about memory, historiography, and feminism.
Introduction: Community, Memory, and Historical Precedent / Sarah Glassford and Amy Shaw Part 1: Women, Children, and the War 1 The Small Spaces of Childhood: Learning How to Feel in Atlantic Canada, 1939–45 / Barbara Lorenzkowski 2 Fostering Friendships: Canadian Girlhood and the Evacuation of British Children to Canada / Claire L. Halstead 3 Casualties of War: Children, Mothers, and Wartime Day Nurseries / Lisa Pasolli 4 Civic Identities in Conflict: Montreal's Anglophone and Francophone Private School Girls / Lisa Moore Part 2: Women and the War at Home 5 "A Token Jew Everywhere": Canadian Jewish Women on the Home Front / Jennifer Shaw 6 Shopping to Win the War: Female Consumers and Canada's Home Front / Graham Broad 7 Mrs. Consumer Goes to War: The Consumer Branch and Economic Policy Making / Joseph Tohill Part 3: Women and Overseas Humanitarian Work 8 Responding to "War's Havoc": The Relief Work of Mennonite Women / Marlene Epp 9 "It Keeps Our Spirits Up": Emotional Labour and Resilience in the Canadian Red Cross Corps Overseas Detachment, 1943–47 / Sarah Glassford Part 4: Women in Wartime Nursing, Paid War Work, and the Armed Forces 10 "War Comes to Labrador": Nursing on the Home Front / Heidi Coombs 11 They Died so That Men May Fight: Depictions of Female Military War Dead / Sarah Hogenbirk 12 "Keep Your Mind on Your Job": Women Workers, Beauty Culture, and Dangerous Bodies in the Wartime Industrial Workplace / Sarah Van Vugt Conclusion: Making the Best of It / Sarah Glassford and Amy Shaw Selected Bibliography; Index