About Mercedes Steedman Mercedes Steedman is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at Laurentian University. Books by Mercedes Steedman Angels of the Workplace Women and the Construction of Gender Relations in the Canadian Clothing Industry, 1890-1940 by (author) Mercedes Steedman Whose National Security? Canadian State Surveillance and the Creation of Enemies by (author) Gary Kinsman edited by Dieter K. Buse revised by Mercedes Steedman Hard Lessons The Mine Mill Union in the Canadian Labour Movement edited by Dieter K. Buse, Peter Suschnigg & Mercedes Steedman