Description
Book SynopsisThe first book on the woman’s suffrage movement in British Columbia,
A Great Revolutionary Wave traces the history of the fight for the vote from the 1870s to the 1940s against a backdrop of social reform, international social movements, labour politics, and settler colonialism.
Trade ReviewAn excellent addition to the Canadian series Women’s Suffrage and the Struggle for Democracy, the volume is a meaningful contribution to the ongoing dialogue on human rights and social justice.
-- K. Jane Watt * BC History *
A core rationale for this book series, Lara Campbell explains, is the need to 'tell regional stories' about the women's suffrage movement. Campbell's regional focus is justified by her treatment of elections at the municipal level and for school boards. -- Barbara J. Messamore, University of the Fraser Valley * BC Studies *
...[A Great Revolutionary Wave] compellingly argues that the stories of women’s suffrage cannot be read in isolation without recognizing their intimate connections with the stories of all people who were discriminated against and denied the vote on account of race, ethnicity, religion, marital status, and other characteristics of their personal, social, and political identities.
-- Dominique Garingan, Library Manager, Parlee McLaws LLC * Canadian Law Library Review *
Her book makes a valuable contribution to the understanding of herstory. -- Phyllis Reeve * The Ormsby Review *
Table of ContentsIntroduction
1 Suffrage and Reform
2 Building a Movement
3 The Anti-suffragists
4 Performing Politics
5 The Politics of Race
6 Labouring Women
7 A Global Movement
8 Achieving the Vote
9 Extending Suffrage
Conclusion
Sources and Further Reading; Index
