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A great rural sisterhood : Madge Robertson Watt and the ACWW / Linda M. Ambrose.
LIBRA HQ1455.W38 A43 2015
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ambrose, Linda McGuire, 1960- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Watt, Madge Robertson, 1868-1948.
- Watt, Madge Robertson.
- Associated Country Women of the World--History.
- Associated Country Women of the World.
- Rural women--Social conditions.
- Rural women.
- Rural women--Societies and clubs.
- Women social reformers--Canada--Biography.
- Women social reformers.
- Feminists--Canada--Biography.
- Feminists.
- History.
- Canada.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 326 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2015.
- Contents:
- 1 Formative Years: Family Influences and University Life 20
- 2 Scripting the New Woman: Writer and Editor 49
- 3 Playing Multiple Parts: Family, Society, and Sorrow 69
- 4 Role Reversal: From Colonial Widow to Imperial War Hero 97
- 5 On the World Stage: Forging International Networks 124
- 6 Sidelined by Waning Influence, Denial, and Death 170
- 7 Conclusion Interpreting the Significance of Madge Watt 216.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781442647725
- 1442647728
- 9781442615793
- 1442615796
- OCLC:
- 892301665
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