{"product_id":"making-the-best-of-it-women-and-girls-of-canada-and-newfoundland-during-the-second-world-war-hardback-9780774862776","title":"Making the Best of It; Women and Girls of Canada and Newfoundland During the Second World War (Hardback) 9780774862776","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMaking the Best of It\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWomen and Girls of Canada and Newfoundland During the Second World War\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSarah Glassford (Edited by), Amy J. Shaw (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780774862776\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 April 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e310 pages, 20 b\u0026amp;w photo, 1 chart\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.58 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e[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)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany 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? \u003cem\u003eMaking the Best of It\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCollectively, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Community, Memory, and Historical Precedent \/ \u003cem\u003eSarah Glassford and Amy Shaw\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: Women, Children, and the War\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 The Small Spaces of Childhood: Learning How to Feel in Atlantic Canada, 1939–45 \/ \u003cem\u003eBarbara Lorenzkowski\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 Fostering Friendships: Canadian Girlhood and the Evacuation of British Children to Canada \/ \u003cem\u003eClaire L. Halstead\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3 Casualties of War: Children, Mothers, and Wartime Day Nurseries \/ \u003cem\u003eLisa Pasolli\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4 Civic Identities in Conflict: Montreal's Anglophone and Francophone Private School Girls \/ \u003cem\u003eLisa Moore\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: Women and the War at Home\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5 \"A Token Jew Everywhere\": Canadian Jewish Women on the Home Front \/ \u003cem\u003eJennifer Shaw\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6 Shopping to Win the War: Female Consumers and Canada's Home Front \/ \u003cem\u003eGraham Broad\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7 Mrs. Consumer Goes to War: The Consumer Branch and Economic Policy Making \/ \u003cem\u003eJoseph Tohill\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: Women and Overseas Humanitarian Work\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8 Responding to \"War's Havoc\": The Relief Work of Mennonite Women \/ \u003cem\u003eMarlene Epp\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9 \"It Keeps Our Spirits Up\": Emotional Labour and Resilience in the Canadian Red Cross Corps Overseas Detachment, 1943–47 \/ \u003cem\u003eSarah Glassford\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 4: Women in Wartime Nursing, Paid War Work, and the Armed Forces\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10 \"War Comes to Labrador\": Nursing on the Home Front \/ \u003cem\u003eHeidi Coombs\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11 They Died so That Men May Fight: Depictions of Female Military War Dead \/ \u003cem\u003eSarah Hogenbirk\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12 \"Keep Your Mind on Your Job\": Women Workers, Beauty Culture, and Dangerous Bodies in the Wartime Industrial Workplace \/ \u003cem\u003eSarah Van Vugt\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConclusion: Making the Best of It \/ \u003cem\u003eSarah Glassford and Amy Shaw\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSelected Bibliography; Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"UBC Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52531136299288,"sku":"9780774862776","price":52.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/making-the-best-of-it-women-and-girls-of-canada-and-newfoundland-during-the-second-world-war-hardback-9780774862776","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}