Mary Chesley was born in 1847 in Dartmouth, NS, and lived her adult years in Lunenburg. A descendent of Quakers and a major figure in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Chesley worked tirelessl……続きを見る
Climbing the Ladder (1986) looks at the fundamentals for women breaking the glass ceiling, examining the barriers to progress and the ways to success. It focuses on the barriers placed by the compan……続きを見る
Between the 1840s and 1880s, thousands of young single women came to New Zealand as assisted migrants from Britain and Ireland. In this detailed study of forgotten lives, Charlotte Macdonald highlig……続きを見る
著者:Sara MacDonald
出版社: McGill-Queen's University Press
発売日: 2021年11月15日
Bessie Scott, nearing the end of her first year at university in the spring of 1890, recorded in her diary: “Wore my gown for first time! It didn’t seem at all strange to do so.” Often deemed a cumb……続きを見る
著者:Anne L. MacDonald
出版社: Random House Publishing Group
発売日: 2010年12月15日
"Written with clarity and a lively eye both for detail and for the progress of feminism in the United States."
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In this fascinating study of American women inventors, historia……続きを見る
Adelaide Hunter Hoodless, lifelong crusader for the recognition of the domestic sciences (cooking, sewing, childcare and housework) and an early proponent of home economics in Canada, was considered……続きを見る
War has been depicted in cinema for more than a century, from early silent films to more recent blockbusters such as Saving Private Ryan and Lone Survivor. Most war films, especially combat films, a……続きを見る