Nancy Forestell, Maureen Moynagh

Documenting First Wave Feminisms

Volume II Canada - National and Transnational Contexts

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Produktbeschreibung

Together with its first volume, Documenting First Wave Feminisms reveals a more nuanced picture, attentive to nationalism and transnationalism, of the first wave than has previously been understood.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 161mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 644g
• ISBN-13: 9780802091352
• ISBN-10: 0802091350
• Artikelnr.: 37230382

Autorenporträt

Nancy M. Forestell is an associate professor in the Department of History at St Francis Xavier University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
General Introduction: Documenting First Wave Feminisms
Volume Introduction
I Imperial/National Feminisms
* Introduction
* Nahnebahwequa - Catherine Sutton, from “For a Reference” (c1860)
* Lucy Waterbury, The Universal Sisterhood (189_)
* Lady Ishbel Aberdeen, “Address from the National Council of Women of
Canada to Her Majesty the Queen” (1897)
* Henriette Forget, “The Indian Women of the Western Provinces” (1900)
* E. Pauline Johnson - Tekahioucoaka, “The Iroquois Women of Canada”
(1900)
* Lally Bernard, “The Ladies Empire Club of London” (1904)
* Letter from a Jamaican Immigrant to Lady Aberdeen (1910)
* Bessie Bullen-Perry, from From Halifax to Vancouver (1912)
* Gertrude Richardson, “My Canadian Letter” (1915)
* Women’s Century Editorial, “India and Canada” (1915)
* Constance Boulton, “Our Imperial Obligations” (1915)
* Anonymous, “Nationalism and Racialism” (1918)
* Henrietta Muir Edwards, ‘’Imperial or National?’’ (1918)
* British Commonwealth League, “Resolutions Passed at the Conference on
Citizen Rights of Women Within the British Empire, July 9th and 10th
1925” (1925)
* Florence Custance, “The Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire
Discuss Weighty Problems” (1926)
* Cairine Wilson, “Address to the Annual Meeting of the Women’s
Teacher’s Federation” (1940)
II Internationalism
* Introduction
* Toronto Ladies’ Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored
Fugitives, “The Affectionate Address of Thousands of the Women of
Canada to Their Sisters, The Women of the United States of America”
(1853)
* Mary Ann Shadd Cary, “A Bazaar In Toronto For Frederick Douglass’
Paper, etc.” (1854)
* Mary Ann Shadd Cary, “Lectures” (1855)
* Margaret Munn, “What is a Light Line Union? A Catechism” (188_)
* Letitia Youmans, The Women’s Christian Temperance Union Comes to
Canada - 1874 (1893)
* Robertine Barry, “When Will We See [Women in University?]” (1895)
* Harriet Boomer, Commentary at the Conference of the International
Council of Women (1899)
* Anonymous “The Indian Committee” (1913)
* Una Saunders, ed. “Canada and Japan in Combination: The YWCA” (1915)
* Kate A. Foster, “Friendship House in Winnipeg” (1926)
* Woman Worker Editorial, “International Women’s Day Celebrations of
To-day” (1928)
* Canadian Working Women’s Delegation, “Soviet Union Inspires Canadian
Working Women” (1930)
* Anna Mokry, Excerpt of Reminiscences (c.1910s-1930s)
* Letter from Mary McGeachy to Violet McNaughton (1931)
* “Goodwill” [Illustration] (1937)
* Dorothy Heneker, “What Women’s Organizations Are Sponsoring Today in
Geneva” (1939)
* Cairine Wilson, “Message for the Newsletter of the Canadian
Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs” (1938)
III Suffrage
* Introduction
* Hantsport Women’s Christian Temperance Union, “Petition for
Enfranchisement of Women” (1878)
* Mary McDonnell, ‘’A Century of Progress for Women ‘’(1893)
* Emily Cummings, Further Discussion on A Century of Progress (1893)
* Margarét Benedictsson, ‘’Women’s Rights, ‘’ and ‘’Women’s Equal
Rights’’ (1898)
* Flora MacDonald Denison, Report on Attendance at the International
Woman Suffrage Alliance Conference (1906)
* Lena Mortimer, “One Woman’s Way of Thinking” (1911)
* Sonya Leathes, What Equal Suffrage Has Accomplished (1911 or 1912)
* Victoria Political Equality League, “The Study Club” (1912)
* Florence Trenholme Cole, “Concerning Suffrage” (1913)
* Marion Francis Beynon, “Foreign Woman’s Franchise” (1916)
* Nellie McClung, “Mrs. McClung’s Reply” (1917)
* Jus Suffragii Editorial, International Response to Women Gaining
Federal Franchise (1917)
* Constance Hamilton, Letter to the Editor of Jus Suffragii (1918)
* Harriet Prenter, “The Failure of the Suffrage Movement to Bring
Freedom to Woman” (1928)
* Idola Saint-Jean, Radio Address on Granting Women the Vote in Quebec
(1931)
IV Citizenship
* Introduction
* Nahnebahwequa - Catherine Sutton, Speech to the Aborigines’
Protection Society of London (1860)
* (Mrs. Dr.) Annie Parker, “Women in Nation Building” (1890)
* Methodist Women’s Missionary Society, Work Among Chinese Women
(1892-1893)
* Chinese Empire Ladies’ Reform Association, Victoria [Illustration]
(1903)
* Emily Murphy aka Janey Canuck, from Open Trails (1912)
* Georgina Binnie-Clark, from Wheat and Women (1914)
* Marion Francis Beynon, “The Foreigner” (1914)
* Lily B. Levetus, “The Local Council of Jewish Women” (1915)
* Mrs. Donald Shaw, “Congress of Coloured Women” (1920)
* Anonymous, “The Pays Des Iroquois – The Six Nations of Grand River”
(1923)
* Sarah Robertson Matheson, “An Appeal to 'Women of the World'" (1925)
* Letter From Emily General to Rica Flemyng Gyll, British and Foreign
Anti-Slavery Society and Aborigines Protection Society (1925)
* Henrietta Muir Edwards, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, Emily
Murphy, and Irene Parlby, Petition to the Governor General of Canada
Regarding Women as Persons (1927)
* Henrietta Muir Edwards, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, Emily
Murphy, and Irene Parlby, Request to Appeal Supreme Court of Canada
Decision to British Privy Council (1928)
* Agnes MacPhail, Speech in the House of Commons on the Naturalization
of Married Women (1927)
* “Ship of State” [Illustration] (1928)
* Thérèse Casgrain, “Woman’s Place in a Democracy” (1941)
V Moral Reform, Sexuality and Birth Control
* Introduction
* Women’s Christian Association of the City of Halifax, Sixth Annual
Report (1880)
* Letter from Emma Crosby to Mrs. H.M. Leland, Secretary of the
Hamilton, Women’s Missionary Society (1881)
* Lady Julia Drummond, Age of Consent (1896)
* Jessie C. Smith, WCTU Superintendent, “Social Purity” (1898)
* Dora Foster (Kerr), from Sex Radicalism (1905)
* Anonymous, “The White Slave Trade in Montreal” (1913)
* Beatrice Brigden, “One Woman’s Campaign for Social Purity and Social
Reform” (1913-1917)
* Una Saunders, from The Work of the Young Women’s Christian
Association in Canada (1918)
* Florence Rowe, “Better and Fewer Babies” (1924)
* Helen MacMurchy, “What Are We Going to Tell the Young People?” (1934)
* Winnifred Kydd, President NCWC, Statement on Birth Control (l934)
VI Women’s Work and Economic Status
* Introduction
* Jessie McVicar, “Organization our Only Hope” and “Organization for
Girls” (1883)
* Jean Thomson Scott, from The conditions of female labour in Ontario
1892 (1892)
* National Council of Women of Canada, Debate Over Protective
Legislation (1895)
* Amelia Paget, “Report on Mrs. Paget’s Trip to Indian Reserves in
Saskatchewan” (1912)
* Helena Gutteridge, “Women Organize an Employment League” (1913)
* Civic Committee of the University Women’s Club of Winnipeg, The Work
of Women and Girls in the Department Stores in Winnipeg (1914)
* Anonymous, “Orientals in Hotels Displace White Labor” (1915)
* Éva Circé-Côté, “Equal Pay-Equal Work” (1917)
* Kathleen Derry, Treatment of Women Emigrants (1920)
* Irene Parlby, “Married Women’s Economic Status” (1925)
* Annie Buller, “The Need for Mass Work Among Women” (1935)
* Canadian Federation of University Women, “Report of Committee on the
Legal and Economic Status of University Women” (1936)
VII Peace
* Introduction
* Margaret McKay, “Report of Provincial Superintendent on Peace and
Arbitration” (1896)
* Ontario Women’s Christian Temperance Union, Resolution on the Boer
War (1899)
* National Council of Women of Canada, “Resolution as to the Standing
Committee to Make Arrangements for the Campaign Contingent to the
Transvaal” (1899)
* M. Gomar White, “Peace and Arbitration” (1907)
* Flora Macdonald Denison, War and Women (1914)
* Letter to Jane Adams Regarding Canadian Participation in Women’s
Peace Conference (1915)
* Julia Grace Wales, Untitled Paper on Her Involvement in Women’s Peace
Conference at the Hague (1915)
* Gertrude Richardson, “The Cruelty of Conscription: A Letter to Women”
(1917)
* Rose Henderson, from Woman and War (192_)
* Hilda Laird, “League of Nations” (1932)
* Laura Jamieson, “Reply to Questionnaire re Techniques of Developing
Public Opinion on Peace (1937)
* “The Hand that Rocks the Cradle…” [Illustration] (1937)