Nancy Janovicek

No Place to Go

Local Histories of the Battered Women's Shelter Movement

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Produktbeschreibung

The first history of the battered women's shelter movement in Canada, this book traces the development of transition houses and services for abused women and the campaign that made wife battering a political issue.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of British Columbia Press
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9780774814225
• ISBN-10: 0774814225
• Artikelnr.: 23806162

Autorenporträt

Nancy Janovicek is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of Calgary.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 "Assisting Our Own": Beendigen, 1972-89
2 "Maybe It Wasn't the Best Way to Do It, but It Got Done": Faye Peterson
House, 1972-85
3 "We're Here to Help": Kenora Women's Crisis Intervention Project, 1975-85
4 "It's a Band-Aid Service , and It's a Damn Needed One": The Nelson Safe
Home Program, 1973-89
5 "It Was Never about the Money": Crossroads for Women/Carrefour pour
femmes, 1979-87
Conclusion
Appendix: Interviews
Notes
Bibliography
Index