Research Catalog

Title

No laughing matter : adventure, activism and politics / by Margaret Mitchell.

Author

Mitchell, Margaret A., 1925-

Publication

Vancouver : Granville Island Pub., c2008.

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Details

Description

xiv, 248 p. : ill., ports.; 23 cm.

Subject

• Mitchell, Margaret A., 1925-
• Canada. Parliament. House of Commons > Biography
• New Democratic Party > Biography
• Canada. Parlement. Chambre des communes > Biographies
• Nouveau parti démocratique > Biographies
• Legislators > Canada > Biography
• Women political activists > Canada > Biography
• Parlementaires > Canada > Biographies
• Femmes activistes > Canada > Biographies
• British Columbia > Biography
• Vancouver (B.C.) > Biography
• Colombie-Britannique > Biographies
• Vancouver (C.-B.) > Biographies

Genre/Form

Biographies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Growing Up: Childhood in Cayuga, Ontario; The Korean War, Japan and the International Red Cross; Following a Dream: Travels in the South Pacific; Romance in Vancouver and Vienna; A Life Crisis, Family, Travel; Pioneering Community Development; Community Development Expands; Local Area Planning; The Demise of Community Development; Learning the Ropes; Off to Ottawa: The Joe Clark Era; Trudeau Returns: Our New NDP Caucus; Housing Critic; Women's Rights and Social Policy; No Laughing Matter; A New Constitution and Charter of Rights; The Mulroney Era; Canada's First Woman Leader; The Canadian Constitution: Meech Lake and Charlottetown; Personal Loss Shadows Multicultural Gains Redress; The End of an Era; Retirement: False Creek, Friends, and Community; My Family; Travel Tales; Epilogue: Summing Up; Index.

ISBN

• 9781894694636
• 1894694635

OCLC

• 178993306
• SCSB-10829552

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library