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The last suffragist standing : the life and times of Laura Marshall Jamieson  Cover Image Book Book

The last suffragist standing : the life and times of Laura Marshall Jamieson / Veronica Strong-Boag.

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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 into 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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  • ISBN: 9780774838689
  • Physical Description: xii, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Vancouver : UBC Press, 2018.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-262) and index.
Subject: Jamieson, Laura E, 1882-1964.
Politicians > British Columbia > Biography.
Suffragists > British Columbia > Biography.
Genre: Biographies.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at College of the Rockies.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Holdable? Status Due Date Courses
Cranbrook Campus FC 3824.1 .J34 S87 2018 (Text) 31111000152775 CRANBROOK Volume hold Available -

  • Book News : Book News Reviews
    Strong-Boag traces the life and work of Canada's last suffragist to be elected to a legislature post. Laura Marshall Jamieson's life encompasses six decades of activism, from campaigning for women's voting rights in the early 1900s to equal employment rights in the 1960s. The book relies on newspaper and government writing as well as personal diaries and letters as its sources. There are photographs of Jamieson from both her personal and political spheres. Annotation ©2018 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

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