We shall persist : women and the vote in the Atlantic Provinces / Heidi E. MacDonald.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

MacDonald, Heidi, 1968- author.

Series:

Women's suffrage and the struggle for democracy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Suffrage--Atlantic Provinces--History.

Women.

Suffrage--Atlantic Provinces--History.

Suffrage.

Women--Legal status, laws, etc--Atlantic Provinces--History.

Women--Atlantic Provinces--Social conditions.

Suffragists--Atlantic Provinces--History.

Suffragists.

Voting--Atlantic Provinces--History.

Voting.

Women--Suffrage--Canada--History.

Women--Legal status, laws, etc.

Women--Social conditions.

Women--Suffrage.

Canada.

Canada--Atlantic Provinces.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

265 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, [2023]

Summary:

"Women in Atlantic Canada won the right to vote and to run for office only after long, vigorous, and exhausting campaigns for the Great Cause. We Shall Persist explores the distinctive political contexts and common problems characterizing these efforts. Despite uneven progress - and class and racial inequities within the movement itself - most nonindigenous women achieved enfranchisement following the First World War. This victory curbed the most blatant political misogyny and prepared the way for other rights, such as improved social assistance and access to birth control, marking a crucial step in the still-unfinished march toward full gender, race, and class equality."-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: MacDonald, Heidi, 1968- We shall persist.

ISBN:

9780774863179

077486317X

OCLC:

1348286845