{"product_id":"a-great-rural-sisterhood-9781442647725","title":"A Great Rural Sisterhood","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘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 *\u003cbr\u003e\"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 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: 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","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408370409815,"sku":"9781442647725","price":54.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442647725.jpg?v=1730502649","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-great-rural-sisterhood-9781442647725","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}