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History Post-confederation (1867-)

Rebel Women of the West Coast

Their Triumphs, Tragedies and Lasting Legacies

by (author) Rich Mole

Publisher
Heritage House Publishing
Initial publish date
Mar 2010
Category
Post-Confederation (1867-), General, Women
Recommended Age
13
Recommended Grade
8
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781926613284
    Publish Date
    Mar 2010
    List Price
    $9.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781926936284
    Publish Date
    Jan 2011
    List Price
    $9.95

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Here are the stories of singularly courageous West Coast women—driven, obsessed, sometimes desperate people whose nonconformist beliefs and actions made them rebels in society’s eyes. Many faced hardship and ridicule as they pursued their goals. In these vivid biographies, Rich Mole chronicles the lives of some of the most celebrated and controversial women in BC, Washington and Oregon, including:

  • pioneer Catherine Schubert, who faced danger and starvation on her heroic journey west;
  • ballot-box rebel Abigail Scott Duniway, who endured poverty and scathing criticism during her fight for women’s suffrage;
  • Irene “Bonnie” Baird, who disguised herself as a nurse to write an exposé of their ordeals of Depression-era protesters;
  • complex and contradictory doctor Bethenia Owens-Adair, who broke gender barriers yet is also remembered for a more tragic legacy.

By demanding equality and respect in lecture halls, shipyards, government assemblies and operating theatres, these women helped shape the society we live in today.

About the author

British Columbia-born author Rich Mole has enjoyed an eclectic communications career, as a former broadcaster, a freelance journalist, and, for 20 years, the president of a successful Vancouver Island advertising agency. A lifelong fascination with history has fuelled his desire to write about the times and people of Canada's past. Rich now makes his home in Calgary, Alberta.

 

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Editorial Reviews

Highly readable stories —Dave Obee, the Times Colonist

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Rebel Women of the West Coast: Their Triumphs, Tragedies and Lasting Legacies

Rebel Women of the West Coast focuses on nine women and their associates who significantly impacted their communities in British Columbia, Washington and Oregon. Beginning with settlers and missionaries who followed the overland route to the west and including suffragettes, doctors, scientists (Dixy Lee Ray), politicians (Grace McCarthy and Dixy Lee Ray), writers, labour activists and a present-day entertainer (Sarah McLachlan), this disparate group of women are all united by the common theme of modifying our society. The selected subjects are nonconformist women who made their own way through life, with varying degrees of outward success, but who all made things a little easier for those who followed.

Source: The Association of Book Publishers of BC. BC Books for BC Schools. 2010-2011.

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