We Shall Persist: Women and the Vote in Atlantic Canada by Heidi MacDonald
A mapping of the political contexts and problems faced by advocates for women’s suffrage and wider rights in the Atlantic Provinces.
A mapping of the political contexts and problems faced by advocates for women’s suffrage and wider rights in the Atlantic Provinces.
The Other Daughter is an unforgettable novel about the bond between mothers and daughters—and the fight of women, generations over, for the freedom to choose their own path.
Prophetess is a fearless novel of gripping and surreal turns that push the limits of the imagination in their collision of tradition and nonconformity.
Reviewing this book To See the Stars by Jan Andrews on International Women’s Day seems particularly poignant given the story between the covers. This story encompasses the fight for the rights of women garment workers after the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire in 1911 that killed 123 women who were trapped there. Women exercising their right to strike even before they were allowed the right to vote.