No bleeding heart [electronic resource] : Charlotte Whitton, a feminist on the right / P.T. Rooke and R.L. Schnell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rooke, Patricia T.

Contributor:

Schnell, Rodolph Leslie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women social reformers--Canada--Biography.

Women social reformers.

Feminists--Canada--Biography.

Feminists.

Mayors--Ontario--Ottawa--Biography.

Mayors.

Whitton, Charlotte, 1896-1975.

Whitton, Charlotte.

Ottawa (Ont.)--Biography.

Ottawa (Ont.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, 1987.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although she is popularly remembered as Ottawa's pugnacious major, there are other important reasons for remembering Charlotte Whitton. One of this country's first generation of professional women, she championed the cause of child welfare across the country and worked hard for the status of women long before the word 'feminism' had passed into everyday language. What the authors show, however, in this biography is that Whitton does not fit comfortably into contemporary notions of the liberated woman. In spite of her progressive attitudes, she was also capable of vindictiveness, intolerance, and contempt for the 'undeserving.'

Contents:

Intro; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Introduction: WHITTON AS LEGEND; Chapter One: LOTTIE; Chapter Two: INITIATION INTO PUBLIC LIFE; Chapter Three: AN OTTAWA MARRIAGE; Chapter Four: THE EMPIRE BUILDER; Chapter Five: A LARGER STAGE; Chapter Six: CAREER IN CRISIS; Chapter Seven: MID LIFE RESOLUTION; Chapter Eight: A WOMAN NOT A LADY; Chapter Nine: NO ANGEL BUT A GOOD MAYOR; Chapter Ten: ANGRY, ANXIOUS, AND AGING; Epilogue: THE AMBIGUOUS FEMINIST; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-22624-3

9786613226242

0-7748-5690-4

OCLC:

923445933