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Runaway wives and rogue feminists : the origins of the women's shelter movement in Canada / Margo Goodhand ; foreword by Lee Lakeman.

Title
Runaway wives and rogue feminists : the origins of the women's shelter movement in Canada / Margo Goodhand ; foreword by Lee Lakeman.
Author
Goodhand, Margo
Publication
  • Halifax ; Winnipeg : Fernwood Publishing, [2017]
  • ©2017

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Description
162 pages; 22 cm
Summary
Examines the history of women's shelters in Canada.
Subject
  • Abused women > History. > Canada
  • Abused women > Services for
  • Canada
  • Feminists
  • Feminists > Canada > History
  • Women
  • Women > Canada > History
  • Women > Canada > Social conditions
  • Women's shelters
  • Women's shelters > Canada > History
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Issued also in electronic format.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Nowhere to Go -- 1963: The First Wave and Betty Friedan -- The Whooping Crane and the Royal Commission -- 1970 and a Call to Action -- A Dawning Awareness -- Toronto: The Runaway Wives -- Aldergrove: A Goddess Is Born -- Alberta: A Legacy of Pioneers -- Saskatoon: The "Women Alone" -- Vancouver: A Home Base at Last -- How They Operated -- The Women They Served -- Where Did We Go? -- Where Are We Now?
ISBN
  • 9781552669990
  • 1552669998
OCLC
987577873
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library