More than a footnote : Canadian women you should know
Women are too often shut out of big conversations, imprisoned on pedestals, or told by themselves and others that they are not up to the job. Despite this, women throughout history have been presented with a locked door and looked for a key--or a battering ram. In More Than a Footnote , writer and broadcaster Karin Wells profiles some of the many remarkable and defiant women who charmed, finagled, and fought their way beyond barriers. Some were unassuming, some were outrageous, most were not polite, but they all ignored the voices that said women could not paddle a canoe, program a computer, be an astrophysicist, or cure a disease. They did it anyway--often at great cost--and they made a difference.
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- ISBN: 9781772602661
- Physical Description xiii, 337 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2022.
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Table of Contents
More Than a Footnote : Canadian Women You Should Know
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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Introduction | p. vii | |
Author's Note | p. 1 | |
1 | Mina | p. 2 |
Mina Benson Hubbard Ellis, 1870-1956 | ||
2 | Zara | p. 38 |
Zara (Sara Katznelson) Nelsova, 1918-2002 | ||
3 | Trixie | p. 72 |
Beatrice "Trixie" Helen Worsley, 1921-1970 | ||
4 | Allie | p. 96 |
Allie Vibert Douglas, 1894-1988 | ||
5 | Charlotte, Louisa, and Nancy | p. 135 |
Charlotte Small Thompson, 1785-1857 | ||
Anne Louisa Mackenzie Bethune, 1795-1833 | ||
Nancy Mackenzie McTavish LeBlanc, 1790-1851 | ||
6 | Isabel | p. 161 |
Isabel Brown Crook, b. 1915 | ||
7 | Paraskeva and Alexandra | p. 197 |
Paraskeva Plistik Allegri Clark, 1898-1986 | ||
Margaret Alexandra Luke Smith McLaughlin, 1901-1967 | ||
8 | Minnie and the Grenfell Mat-Makers | p. 235 |
Minnie Pike, c. 1873-1943 | ||
9 | Margaret | p. 257 |
Keiko Margaret Lyons, 1923-2019 | ||
10 | Vera | p. 294 |
Vera Peters Lobb, 1911-1993 | ||
Acknowledgments | p. 331 | |
Photo Credits | p. 333 | |
About the Author | p. 337 |