History Post-confederation (1867-)
Rebel Women of the West Coast
Their Triumphs, Tragedies and Lasting Legacies
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2010
- Category
- Post-Confederation (1867-), General, Women
- Recommended Age
- 13
- Recommended Grade
- 8
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781926613284
- Publish Date
- Mar 2010
- List Price
- $9.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781926936284
- Publish Date
- Jan 2011
- List Price
- $9.95
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Description
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.
Editorial Reviews
Highly readable stories —Dave Obee, the Times Colonist
Librarian Reviews
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.
