UID:
almafu_9959231011002883
Format:
xv, 204 p., [12] p. of plates :
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ill., ports.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-282-85787-8
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9786612857874
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0-7735-6764-X
Content:
Although Judith McKenzie deals with Jewett's childhood and university years, much of this insightful story is devoted to her public life as a Member of Parliament for the federal Liberal Party and the New Democratic Party and as a university president. President of Simon Fraser University from 1974 to 1978, she was the first woman to be appointed president of a public coeducational post-secondary institution in Canada. Jewett faced many challenges in her life, as a woman, an academic, a nationalist, and a social reformer. With tenacity and perseverance she overcame a number of social and gender barriers in place in Canada, becoming an important role model to a generation of younger women At the end of her life, she faced her greatest challenge - cancer - and fought this with her characteristic good humour, courage, and dignity.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Front Matter --
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Contents --
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Preface --
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Introduction --
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The Early Years --
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Off to Queen's and Harvard --
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Life in the Ivory Tower --
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The Honourable Member for Northumberland --
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The Institute or Canadian Studies and Moving Left --
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Life on Burnaby Mountain --
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The NDP Years and the Turbulent Eighties: Star Wars, the Cruise, and Meech Lake --
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Lovers, Mentors, Friends, and Relations --
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The Final Battle --
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The Political Philosophy of Pauline Jewett --
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Epilogue --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7735-1822-3
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9780773567641
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