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Book SynopsisIn A Great Rural Sisterhood, Linda M. Ambrose uses a wealth of archival materials from both sides of the Atlantic to tell the story of Watt's remarkable life and the creation of the Associated Country Women of the World.
Trade Review‘Ambrose has put together a rich and detailed portrait of Margaret "Madge" Robertson Watt that highlights her contributions to early twentieth-century rural and international women’s activism…She offers a fascinating portrait of what it meant to build an international movement of women.’ -- Lisa Pasolli * BC Studies issue number 195 *
"Ambrose’s study will command a broad audience; it is not only a valuable scholarly text about significant themes and topics in Canadian history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, but it is also an accessible read that provides a complex portrait of a key figure in the history of women’s movements who had a vision of "a great rural sisterhood" and worked tirelessly to realize that vision." -- Jodey-Nurse Gupta * The Canadian Historical Review Vol 99:2: June 2018 *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Framing the Life of Madge Robertson Watt 1. Formative Years: Family Influences and University Life 2. Scripting the New Woman: Writer and Editor 3. Playing Multiple Parts: Family, Society and Sorrow 4. Role Reversal: From Colonial Widow to Imperial War Hero 5. On the World Stage: Forging International Networks 6. Sidelined by War: Waning Influence, Denial, and Death 7. Conclusion: Interpreting the Significance of Madge Watt
