Pauline Jewett : a passion for Canada / Judith McKenzie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKenzie, Judith, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewett, Pauline, 1922-.

Jewett, Pauline.

Canada. Parliament. House of Commons--Biography.

Canada.

Simon Fraser University--Presidents--Biography.

Simon Fraser University.

Legislators--Canada--Biography.

Legislators.

Educators--Canada--Biography.

Educators.

Women college administrators--Canada--Biography.

Women college administrators.

Physical Description:

xv, 204 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., ports.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although Judith McKenzie deals with Jewett's childhood and university years, much of this insightful story is devoted to her public life as a Member of Parliament for the federal Liberal Party and the New Democratic Party and as a university president. President of Simon Fraser University from 1974 to 1978, she was the first woman to be appointed president of a public coeducational post-secondary institution in Canada. Jewett faced many challenges in her life, as a woman, an academic, a nationalist, and a social reformer. With tenacity and perseverance she overcame a number of social and gender barriers in place in Canada, becoming an important role model to a generation of younger women At the end of her life, she faced her greatest challenge - cancer - and fought this with her characteristic good humour, courage, and dignity.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Preface

Introduction

The Early Years

Off to Queen's and Harvard

Life in the Ivory Tower

The Honourable Member for Northumberland

The Institute or Canadian Studies and Moving Left

Life on Burnaby Mountain

The NDP Years and the Turbulent Eighties: Star Wars, the Cruise, and Meech Lake

Lovers, Mentors, Friends, and Relations

The Final Battle

The Political Philosophy of Pauline Jewett

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-200) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-85787-8

9786612857874

0-7735-6764-X

OCLC:

1091565100