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OverviewThe Last Suffragist Standing is an unprecedented study of a pioneering Canadian suffragist and politician, a New Woman who tested Canadian democracy. A rich product of archival and public sources, this biography of Laura Marshall Jamieson (1882–1964) opens a window onto the political and social landscape of the time. Veronica Strong-Boag chronicles Jamieson’s life from orphaned child of marginal Ontario farmers to member of British Columbia’s Legislative Assembly and Vancouver city councillor. The last suffragist in Canada to be elected to a provincial or federal legislature, Jamieson embraced issues such as factory labour conditions, minimum wage, feminist pacifism, housing, municipal franchise, employment equality, and internationalism throughout six decades of activism. Strong-Boag’s meticulous research and deep knowledge of the history of the women’s movement and Canadian politics turn this compelling account of a woman’s life into an illuminating work on the history of feminism, socialism, internationalism, and activism in Canada. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Veronica Strong-BoagPublisher: University of British Columbia Press Imprint: University of British Columbia Press Weight: 0.540kg ISBN: 9780774838689ISBN 10: 077483868 Pages: 284 Publication Date: 01 October 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 The Girl from the Saugeen Peninsula, 1882–1911 2 The New Woman as Wife, Suffragist, and Activist, 1911–18 3 Still Bettering the World, 1918–26 4 Widowed Judge and Progressive Activist, 1927–39 5 The Challenge of Electoral Politics, 1927–39 6 Suffragist in the BC Legislature, 1939–41 7 Legislative Veteran, 1941–45 8 Taking on Post-war Misogyny and Vancouver Politics, 1945–64 9 Faithful Social Democrat, 1945–64 Conclusion Postscript from Four Granddaughters / Dorothy O’Connell, Anne Jamieson, Karen Jamieson, and Marion-Lea Jamieson Notes; Selected Bibliography; IndexReviewsThe Life is lively and informative; the descriptions and analyses of the Times make a valuable contribution to the wider historiography of women's political activities in Canada and to British Columbia politics in general. -- Patricia Roy, author and professor emeritus of History at the University of Victoria * The Ormsby Review * Author InformationVeronica Strong-Boag is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, professor emerita in social justice and educational studies at UBC, and adjunct professor in history and gender studies at the University of Victoria. She has received numerous prizes for her work, including the Tyrrell Medal in Canadian History, the Macdonald Prize in Canadian History, the Canada Prize in the Social Sciences, and a Senior Killam Fellowship. She is the general editor of the UBC Press series Women’s Suffrage and the Struggle for Democracy, the director of the pro-democracy website womensuffrage.org, and a member of the editorial board of Voices-Voix. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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