This thesis explores the activism of elite women in Montreal – Anglophone, Francophone, Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Orthodox Jewish – between 1890 and 1914. In the form of a collective biography, I observe the twenty elite women who comprise this study in their homes, in the rituals of their class, in the work of philanthropy, and in active engagement with their local community and the world beyond Montreal. These women had a vision for society that went beyond social reform or securing the vote for women; one that was based on their experiences of gender, race, ethnicity, class, and religion. Maternalist ideology as adopted by these early activists, built a framework for a brighter future, a better city, and a stronger nation. I ar...
This study, based on 253 oral histories, examines the life stages of Franco-Albertan women during th...
In the nineteenth century, African American women’s womanhood was denied and constantly under attack...
This project will explore the role of French women of the 18th century, and specifically the problem...
This dissertation points to the necessity of re-writing the history of feminism in Quebec and Canada...
The Montréal municipal election of 1910 was not just the purview of men; women were engaged in this ...
In the thirty years prior to 1910, an active minority of women, not only in British Columbia, but ac...
Women, citizenship and policies in Québec in the 1920's and 1930's. This text presents a historical...
This thesis explores how nineteenth century Métis concepts of family and community have found expres...
This paper aims to reconstruct some of the causes and the context of wife-battering in Montre...
As newcomers to Montreal, young single, working women were often subject to low salaries, poor housi...
Le mouvement féministe québécois à la fin du dix-neuvième siècle s’est distingué par sa déterminatio...
Over the span 1880 to 1900, Montreal was a city of newcomers, a majority of them women, and most of ...
To date, there is limited literature documenting contributions of people of African descent to Canad...
In this thesis, I examine the rise of feminist agrarian politics in Alberta and the ideological bas...
Between 1945 and 1967, Canada received one of the largest waves of immigrants in its history: nearly...
This study, based on 253 oral histories, examines the life stages of Franco-Albertan women during th...
In the nineteenth century, African American women’s womanhood was denied and constantly under attack...
This project will explore the role of French women of the 18th century, and specifically the problem...
This dissertation points to the necessity of re-writing the history of feminism in Quebec and Canada...
The Montréal municipal election of 1910 was not just the purview of men; women were engaged in this ...
In the thirty years prior to 1910, an active minority of women, not only in British Columbia, but ac...
Women, citizenship and policies in Québec in the 1920's and 1930's. This text presents a historical...
This thesis explores how nineteenth century Métis concepts of family and community have found expres...
This paper aims to reconstruct some of the causes and the context of wife-battering in Montre...
As newcomers to Montreal, young single, working women were often subject to low salaries, poor housi...
Le mouvement féministe québécois à la fin du dix-neuvième siècle s’est distingué par sa déterminatio...
Over the span 1880 to 1900, Montreal was a city of newcomers, a majority of them women, and most of ...
To date, there is limited literature documenting contributions of people of African descent to Canad...
In this thesis, I examine the rise of feminist agrarian politics in Alberta and the ideological bas...
Between 1945 and 1967, Canada received one of the largest waves of immigrants in its history: nearly...
This study, based on 253 oral histories, examines the life stages of Franco-Albertan women during th...
In the nineteenth century, African American women’s womanhood was denied and constantly under attack...
This project will explore the role of French women of the 18th century, and specifically the problem...