{"product_id":"one-hundred-years-of-struggle-the-history-of-women-and-the-vote-in-canada-hardback-9780774835336","title":"One Hundred Years of Struggle; The History of Women and the Vote in Canada (Hardback) 9780774835336","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eOne Hundred Years of Struggle\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe History of Women and the Vote in Canada\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJoan Sangster (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780774835336\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 8 March 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e328 pages, 35 b\u0026amp;w photos\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.8 cm, 0.54 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eJoan Sangster's \u003cem\u003eOne Hundred Years of Struggle\u003c\/em\u003e jolts us back into women's often grim historical reality, reminding us that the political rights that we often take for granted today were keenly opposed in years past. - Susan Whitney, associate professor of history, Carleton University (Literary Review of Canada) \u003cp\u003eJoan Sangster's clear, concise, and lively treatment of the women's suffrage movement in Canada provides a broad historical survey…\u003ci\u003eOne Hundred Years of Struggle\u003c\/i\u003e succeeds remarkably well in presenting ideas in an accessible way without oversimplifying them.\u003c\/p\u003e - Barbara Messamore, University of the Fraser Valley (The Ormsby Review) Sangster's honest analysis of the role that imperial and racist attitudes played (and continue to play) in the fight for women's equal political participation offers a challenge to those who believe that struggles associated with women's suffrage are entirely historical. - Stephanie Milliken (THIS Magazine, March 2018) \u003cp\u003eNow this is one of those books you need to read and you need to buy for others, especially now as women are facing watershed moments on many fronts. In this fantastic book, acclaimed historian Joan Sangster celebrates the 100th anniversary of Canadian women getting the vote not with rah, rah speeches and pleasantries, but with looks at the real warriors and the real struggles women faced … this comprehensive book truly reminds the reader of what determination and dedication can do.\u003c\/p\u003e - Dana Gee (Vancouver Sun) \u003cp\u003eUnder one cover, \u003ci\u003eOne Hundred Years\u003c\/i\u003e brings together aspects of the story that have hitherto been scattered throughout the historiography and reflects the growing maturity of the field of women's\/gender history.\u003c\/p\u003e - Dianne Dodd, Parks Canada (Manitoba History Journal, Issue 88,)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the eve of celebrating the 100th anniversary of women's right to vote in Canada comes a book, the first in a series on women's suffrage and the struggle for democracy, by acclaimed historian Joan Sangster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe achievement of the vote in 1918 is often presented as a triumphant moment in the onward, upward advancement of Canadian women. In this beautifully illustrated book, acclaimed historian Joan Sangster looks beyond the shiny rhetoric of anniversary celebrations and Heritage Minutes to show that the struggle for equality included gains and losses, inclusions and exclusions, depending on a woman's race, class, and location in the nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeginning with Mary Shadd Cary's demands for equal rights for women and blacks in the 1850s and ending with Indigenous women's achievement of the vote in the 1960s, Sangster travels back in time to tell a new, more inclusive story for a new generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe history of the vote, as Joan Sangster tells it, offers vital insights into our political life, exposing not only the fissures of inequality that cut deep into our country's past but also their weaknesses in the face of resistance, optimism, and protest – an inspiring legacy that still resonates to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 The Privilege of Property\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 Race and the Idea of Rights for Women\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3 Suffrage as a Socialist Issue\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4 Making Suffragists\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5 The Anti-suffragists\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6 Feminist Countercultures\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7 Debating War and Peace\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8 Old and New Agendas in Peacetime\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9 Votes for All Women\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfterword\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSources and Further Reading; Photo Credits; 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":52531070271768,"sku":"9780774835336","price":23.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/one-hundred-years-of-struggle-the-history-of-women-and-the-vote-in-canada-hardback-9780774835336","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}