History Atlantic Provinces (nb, Nl, Ns, Pe)
We Shall Persist
Women and the Vote in the Atlantic Provinces
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2023
- Category
- Atlantic Provinces (NB, NL, NS, PE), Activism & Social Justice, Canadian, Women
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780774863179
- Publish Date
- Apr 2023
- List Price
- $29.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780774863209
- Publish Date
- Apr 2023
- List Price
- $27.99
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Description
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.
About the author
Heidi MacDonald is associate professor in the Department of History at the University of Lethbridge.
