| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 328 pages :) : illustrations, portraits. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Film and media studies series
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Film + media studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-320) and index. |
| Contents |
"A more beautiful, more perfect lily" : Agnes Maule Machar, Women's Sphere and Canada's magazine, 1870s-1890s -- Laced in and let down : Toronto journalists write about fashion and health in the daily press, 1890-1900 -- Suffragist and peace advocate : Francis Marion Beynon, the Grain growers' guide and the politics of the First World War -- "We were ONLY WOMEN" : Elizabeth Long, equality feminism and CBC Radio, 1938-1956 -- "My body belongs to me, not the government" : Anne Roberts, Kathryn Keate and the Abortion Caravan Publicity Campaign of 1970 -- Collective visions : lesbian identity and sexualtiy in femisist periodicals, 1979-1994 -- "When a woman speaks" : aboriginal women and their rights in Alanis Obomsawin's documentaries, 1975-2007 -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
Explores the ways in which several of Canada's women journalists, broadcasters, and other media workers reached well beyond the glory of their personal by-lines to advocate for the controversial women's rights of their eras. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Women's rights -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
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Women's rights. |
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Canada. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Women's rights -- Canada -- History -- 19th century.
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| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Women journalists -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
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Women journalists. |
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Women journalists -- Canada -- History -- 19th century.
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Feminism and mass media -- Canada -- History.
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Feminism and mass media. |
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Women in the mass media industry -- Canada -- History.
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Women in the mass media industry. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Essays.
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Essays.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9786613809995 |
| ISBN |
9781554583133 (e-book) |
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1554583136 |
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9781554582693 (hardcover) |
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1554582695 |
| Standard No. |
9786613809995 |
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