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Saturday's Child : Memoirs of Canada's First Female Cabinet Minister / Ellen Louks Fairclough.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fairclough, Ellen Louks, author.
- Series:
- Heritage
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fairclough, Ellen Louks.
- Women cabinet officers--Canada--Biography.
- Women cabinet officers.
- Canada.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- collective biographies.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (252 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- "Ellen Fairclough is perhaps best known as the first woman in Canada to become a federal cabinet minister." "Writing with the style and wit for which she was famous as a politician, Ellen Fairclough, now ninety, tells her story. Her reminiscences describe her early life, her efforts to become a business woman, and her experiences as a Progressive Conservative member for the constituency of Hamilton West (1950-63). Fairclough discusses the political factors that led to her appointment to the Diefenbaker cabinet, as well as other factors, including family values and the opportunities available in the bustling industrial city of Hamilton, that served as the context for her successes. While her story focuses on the politics involved, Fairclough also writes extensively about family life, friendships, and domestic detail. She attributes her success to the fact that she was a 'Saturday's child' who worked hard for what she achieved."--Jacket
- Contents:
- Cover; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Prologue: The Fateful Day; Part One: Coming of Age in Hamilton, 1905-1931; 1 School Days and Sundays; 2 Girl of the New Day; Part Two: A Woman to Be Reckoned With, 1931-1950; 3 Double Days: Family and Career; 4 Days and Nights in Civic Politics; Part Three: The Ottawa Years, 1950-1963; 5 Salad Days: The Opposition Years; 6 Endless Days: The Cabinet Years; 7 Dark Days: The Bitter End; Part Four: Life after Politics, 1963-1995; 8 Busy Days: Back to Business; 9 Memories of a Saturday's Child; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N.
- OP; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mrz 2019)
- ISBN:
- 9781487596804
- 1487596804
- 9781487595098
- 1487595093
- OCLC:
- 1091658983
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