Canada’s vibrant suffrage movement was a complicated story of
achievement and loss. 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 social landscape of the time. Veronica
Strong-Boag chronicles Jamieson’s life from orphaned child of
marginal Ontario farmers to member of British Columbia’s Legislative
Assembly and Vancouver city councillor. The last suffragist in Canada
to be elected to a provincial or federal legislature, Jamieson
embraced issues such as factory labour conditions, minimum wage,
feminist pacifism, housing, municipal franchise, and employment
equality throughout her six decades of activism. Jamieson’s
political radicalism was forged by the suffragist movement and the
Great Depression, whetted by her exposure to mainstream and fringe
activist groups, and tempered during her tenures in office.
Strong-Boag’s meticulous research and deep knowledge of the history
of the women’s movement and Canadian politics turn this compelling
account of a woman’s life into an illuminating work on the history
of feminism, socialism, internationalism, and activism in Canada.
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The Life and Times of Laura Marshall Jamieson
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780774838702
Publisert
2021
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Utgiver
University of British Columbia Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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