Dancing Backwards: A Social History of Women in Canadian Politics de Sharon Carstairs; Tim Higgins - 2003-01

Winnipeg, Canada: Heartland Associates Inc, 2004. Hardcover. Joshua Stanton. 8vo. Pictorial boards. Black and white illustrations, photographs. Light shelfwear, one page dog-eared with ink bracket in margin; very good in lightly rubbed, very good- dustjacket with one short closed tear to front panel and crease to inside front flap.

Winnipeg: Heartland Associates, 2004. 351 pp, 10" H. B&w photographs, portraits. "This is the story of the determined and difficult assault by women on the male-dominated citadel of Canadian politics. Combining profiles of twenty-eight remarkable women who have achieved political firsts with a richly detailed, immensely readable history of Canadian life over the last century, 'Dancing Backwards' will change the way you look at Canadian history." Profiles: Nellie McClung; Louise McKinney; Agnes Macphail; Emily Murphy; Alice Jamieson; Therese Casgrain; Cairine Wilson; Charlotte Whitton; Ellen Louks Fairclough; Bertha Wilson; Rosemary Brown; Jeanne Sauve; Audrey McLaughlin; Nellie Cournoyea; Kim Campbell; Sheila Copps; Mary Ellen Smith; Barbara Hanley; Muriel McQueen Fergusson; Tilly Jean Rolston; Nancy Hodges; Pauline McGibbon; Constance Glube; Rita Johnston; Alexa McDonough; Catherine Callbeck; Joyce Fairbairn; Beverley McLachlin. Very light toning to the edges of the… Leer más

Winnipeg: Heartland Associates [1-896150-30-6] 2004. (Small 4to) 351pp. Very good plus in very good dust jacket. Illustrations, photographs, timelines, notes, bibliography, index. The dust jacket has minor edgewear. Locale: Canada. (Canada, Politics--Canada, Women in Politics, Women's Rights).

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.