Veronica Strong Boag: 4 books
The Last Suffragist Standing
The Life and Times of Laura Marshall Jamieson
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2018
The Last Suffragist Standing is an unprecedented study of a pioneering Canadian suffragist and politician, a New Woman who tested Canadian democracy.
A rich product of archival and public sources, this biography of Laura Marshall Jamieson (1882–1964) opens a window onto the political and...
Liberal Hearts and Coronets
The Lives and Times of Ishbel Marjoribanks Gordon and John Campbell Gordon, the Aberdeens
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
Scottish aristocrats John Campbell Gordon (1847–1934) and Ishbel Marjoribanks Gordon (1857–1939), known as the Aberdeens, rejected both revolution and reaction in their political careers. The aristocratic progressivism and egalitarian marriage of these fervent liberals confounded both contemporaries...
Fostering Nation?
Canada Confronts Its History of Childhood Disadvantage
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2011
Fostering Nation? Canada Confronts Its History of Childhood Disadvantage explores the missteps and the promise of a century and more of child protection efforts by Canadians and their governments. It is the first volume to offer a comprehensive history of what life has meant for North America’s...
Paddling Her Own Canoe
The Times and Texts of E. Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake)
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2017
Frequently dismissed as a 'nature poet' and an 'Indian Princess' E. Pauline Johnson (1861-1913) was not only an accomplished thinker and writer but a contentious and passionate personality who 'talked back' to Euro-Canadian culture. Paddling Her Own Canoe is the only major scholarly study that examines...