Mothers of the Municipality: Women, Work, and Social Policy in Post-1945 Halifax
Highlighting women's activism in Halifax after the Second World War, Mothers of the Municipality is a tightly focused collection of essays on social policy affecting women. The contributors--feminist scholars in history, social work, and nursing--examine women's experiences and activism, including those of African Nova Scotian 'day's workers, ' Sisters of Charity, St. John Ambulance Brigades, 'Voices' for peace, and social welfare bureaucrats. The volume underscores the fact that the 1950s and 60s were not simply years of quiet conservatism, born-again domesticity, and consumption. Indeed, the period was marked by profound and rapid change fo…
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Weitere Autoren: Guildford, Janet (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-8020-3922-4
- EAN: 9780802039224
- Produktnummer: 19610934
- Verlag: Univ Of Toronto Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Masse: H23.6 cm x B16.2 cm x D3.1 cm 644 g
- Auflage: 2. A.
- Gewicht: 644
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