Feminist success stories /
Abuses by international corporations, withdrawal of social services and implementation of regressive legislation continue to impoverish women and reduce the quality of their everyday lives: women have reason to be demoralized. Recognizing this challenging and difficult situation, this volume reviews...
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Ottawa [Ont.] :
University of Ottawa Press = Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa,
[1999]
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Table of Contents:
- Sommaire; Acknowledgements
- Remerciements; Introduction: Celebrating Success
- Célébrons nos réussites; Part I: Education
- Partie I : Éducation; The Unfinished Story: SSHRC's Strategic Grant Program on Women and Work; Mais où sont-elles? Fragments de l'histoire des Franco-Manitobaines de 1916 à 1947; The Universitys New Clothes: Morality Tales for Feminists in Modem Academe; Gender Equity in the Canadian Sport Council: The New Voice for the Sport Community; Part II: Women at Work
- Partie II : Femmes et travail; Feminisms, Feminizing, and Democratization in Canadian Unions
- Intersecting Multiple Sites of Marginalization: The Work of Feminizing within an Educational Workers' UnionLa création de nos propres institutions : une voie à emprunter; Part III: Reinventing Ourselves at Any Age
- Partie III : Réinventons nos vies; Girl Guides of Canada: The Feminist Promise in the Promise and Law
- Dancing the Road to Success: Metro Dance and Women; Place aux actrices sociales! Les Franco-Ontariennes de 45 à 64 ans; Aboriginal Women's Economie Renewal: A Project of Re-inventing Strengths from the Past
- Part IV: Healing Body and Spirit
- Partie IV : Santé du corps et de l'espritSous le soleil féministe en théologie; Réflexion sur les méthodes et la féminisation de l'institution médicale; Alternatives to Hierarchy in Feminist Organizations: A Case Study; Personal and Organizational Change: A Feminist Sexual Assault Program; The Feminization of the Black Baptist Church in Nova Scotia; Part V: Caring
- Partie V : Question de soins et de services; Mothering for the State: Three Stories of Working Class Foster Mothers
- Caring to Overcome Differences, Iniquities, and Lifestyle Pressures: When a Parent Has a DisabilityImplementing Principles: An Alternative Community Organization for Children; Feminizing Social Welfare: The Needlework Guild of Canada, 1892-1995; Part VI: What We Have Learned
- Partie VI : Leçons de nos expériences; Conclusion: The Faces of Feminist Change
- Les multiples visages du changement féministe; Contributors
- Collaboratrices