Dancing Backwards: A Social History of Canadian Women in Politics

by Sharon Carstairs

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Co-authored by Senator Sharon Carstairs and Tim Higgins, this is the first complete history of Canadian women in political life. The book profiles more than two dozen women in leadership roles, woven into an accurate and thoroughly readable history of Canadian society during the past 130 years. Following a chronological format, the book encompasses aspects of political leadership in areas beyond elected politics, including the judiciary and is illustrated with commissioned pen and ink show more portraits. Bibliography and index. show less

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Sharon Carstairs
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Politics and Government, Nonfiction, History
DDC/MDS
320.082 — Society, Government, and Culture Political science Types of Government Political Science  Culture Studies
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HQ1236.5 .C2 .C38 — Social sciences The family. Marriage, Women and Sexuality The Family. Marriage. Women Women. Feminism
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