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Feminist Success Stories // Célébrons nos réussites féministes

dc.contributor.editorBlackford, Karen A.
dc.contributor.editorGarceau, Marie-Luce
dc.contributor.editorKirby, Sandra
dc.date.accessioned2010-10-15T15:18:59Z
dc.date.available2010-10-15T15:18:59Z
dc.date.created1999
dc.date.issued1999
dc.description.abstractAbuses by international corporations, withdrawal of social services and implementation of regressive legislation continue to impoverish women and reduce the quality of their everyday lives: women have reason to be demoralized. Recognizing this challenging and difficult situation, this volume reviews women's successes at feminizing Canadian institutions. It is intended to hearten the women's movement, and show the potential for feminist change and suggest ways to realize this potential.
dc.description.tableofcontents1. The Unfinished Story: SSHRC s Stratégie Grant Program on Women and Work (Lindet Christiansen-Ruffinan, Francine Descames, and Mary Lynn Stewart) 2. Mais où sont-elles ? Fragments de l'histoire des Franco-Manitobaines de 1916 à 1947 (Monique Hébert) 3. The Universitys New Clothes: Morality Taies for Feminists in Modem Academe (Juanita Ross Epp) 4. Gender Equity in the Canadian Sport Council: The New Voice for the Sport Community (Sandra Kirby) 5. Feminisms, Feminizing, and Democratization in Canadian Unions (Linda Briskin) 6. Intersecting Multiple Sites of Marginalization: The Work of Feminizing within an Educational Workers' Union (Marianne Parsons and Starla Goggins) 7. La création de nos propres institutions : une voie à emprunter (Lyne Bouchard et Chantai Cholette) 8. Girl Guides of Canada: The Feminist Promise in the "Promise and Law" (Patricia Whitney) 9. Dancing the Road to Success: Métro Dance and Women (Jane Gordon) 10. Place aux actrices sociales! Les Franco-Ontariennes de 45 à 64 ans (Marie-Luce Garceau) 11. Aboriginal Womens Economie Renewal: A Project of Re-inventing Strengths from the Past (Susan Hare and Laura Day-Corbiere) 12. Sous le soleil féministe en théologie (Monique Dumais) 13. Réflexion sur les méthodes et la féminisation de l'institution médicale (Elsy Gagné) 14. Alternatives to Hierarchy in Feminist Organizations: A Case Study (Marilyn E. Laiken) 15. Personal and Organizational Change: A Feminist Sexual Assault Program (Diana A. Coholic and Colette T. Prévost) 16. The Feminization of the Black Baptist Church in Nova Scotia (Bernice Moreau) 17. Mothering for the State: Three Stories of Working Class Foster Mothers (Baukje Miedema and Nancy Nason-Clark) 18. Caring to Overcome Differences, Iniquities, and Lifestyle Pressures: When a Parent Has a Disability (Karen A. Blackford) 19. Implementing Principles: An Alternative Community Organization for Children (Marge Reitsma-Street and Pat Rogerson) 20. Feminizing Social Welfare: The Needlework Guild of Canada, 1892-1995 (Heather L. Garrett)
dc.identifier.isbneISBN - 9780776615912 / ISBN - 9780776605111
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10393/19626
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.press.uottawa.ca/book/feminist-success-stories-celebrons-nos-reussits-feministes
dc.language.isoen
dc.language.isofr
dc.publisherLes Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa Press
dc.relation.ispartofseriesActexpress
dc.titleFeminist Success Stories // Célébrons nos réussites féministes
dc.typeBook

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