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Book SynopsisMaking the Best of It examines the ways in which gender and other identities intersected to shape the experiences of female Canadians and Newfoundlanders during the Second World War.
Trade Review"[T]his is a very useful study, one in which the authors make full use of British and American research, and the bibliography alone will make it invaluable." -- J.L. Granatstein * CHOICE Connect *
"This collection [of essays] importantly brings our attention to voices and perspectives that have excluded from World War II Canadian history and, in doing so, directs us to think further about areas that remain to be explored." -- Carol Acton, University of Waterloo * University of Toronto Quarterly *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Community, Memory, and Historical Precedent / Sarah Glassford and Amy Shaw
Part 1: Women, Children, and the War
1 The Small Spaces of Childhood: Learning How to Feel in Atlantic Canada, 1939–45 / Barbara Lorenzkowski
2 Fostering Friendships: Canadian Girlhood and the Evacuation of British Children to Canada / Claire L. Halstead
3 Casualties of War: Children, Mothers, and Wartime Day Nurseries / Lisa Pasolli
4 Civic Identities in Conflict: Montreal's Anglophone and Francophone Private School Girls / Lisa Moore
Part 2: Women and the War at Home
5 “A Token Jew Everywhere”: Canadian Jewish Women on the Home Front / Jennifer Shaw
6 Shopping to Win the War: Female Consumers and Canada’s Home Front / Graham Broad
7 Mrs. Consumer Goes to War: The Consumer Branch and Economic Policy Making / Joseph Tohill
Part 3: Women and Overseas Humanitarian Work
8 Responding to “War’s Havoc”: The Relief Work of Mennonite Women / Marlene Epp
9 “It Keeps Our Spirits Up”: Emotional Labour and Resilience in the Canadian Red Cross Corps Overseas Detachment, 1943–47 / Sarah Glassford
Part 4: Women in Wartime Nursing, Paid War Work, and the Armed Forces
10 “War Comes to Labrador”: Nursing on the Home Front / Heidi Coombs
11 They Died so That Men May Fight: Depictions of Female Military War Dead / Sarah Hogenbirk
12 “Keep Your Mind on Your Job”: Women Workers, Beauty Culture, and Dangerous Bodies in the Wartime Industrial Workplace / Sarah Van Vugt
Conclusion: Making the Best of It / Sarah Glassford and Amy Shaw
Selected Bibliography; Index
