Tag: Canada
Pegi Eyers makes a call to arms for recognising and speaking out against intersectional injustice, particularly when it comes to white privilege.
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Letitia Youmans and the Temperance Movement in Canada
In 19th century Canada, the liquor trade’s greatest enemy turned out to be a very dangerous woman who unexpectedly found herself leading the campaign to control it.
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An autobiographical standpoint
“I am a ‘dangerous woman’ because I do not fit into the model… defined by traditional men.” Abigail Zita Seshie mixes research and autobiography to examine culturally embedded gender inequity.
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Katie Munnick recounts her personal experience with midwifery, wondering if ‘danger might be in the eye of the beholder’ with regards women’s birthing choices.
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The Ladies Auxiliaries of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers
Elizabeth Quinlan tells us of the brave women who fought for workers’ rights (and more) in 1940s Canada–deemed dangerous by the police!
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The Canadian Government may have thought niqab-wearing women dangerous. Audrey Macklin and Zunera Ishaq disagreed.
The first Dangerous Women Project post considers what it means to be a dangerous woman from several angles. It features two voices in the landmark 2015 court case between a young Muslim woman–Zunera Ishaq–and the Canadian Government.
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