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Rebel Daughter : An Autobiography
During her twenty years as the editor of Chatelaine magazine, Doris Anderson blazed a trail for Canadian women. Long before Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique was published, Anderson was writing about abortion, child care, custody arrangements, and pay equity. Her editorials laid the foundation for the feminist movement in Canada. In Rebel Daughter, we are introduced to
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288 pages
Published
May 17th 2002
by Key Porter Books
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Just finished Doris Anderson's book today. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It takes you through her life from the early 20th century, through the depression, WWII, and into the 1990's. You experience her struggle to succeed in a very patriarchal society and observe the changes made for women's rights over the years in Canada - from the expectations that women marry and stay at home, to the invention of the birth control pill, and consideration for women's rights in Trudeau's "Charter of Rights a
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I only knew Doris Anderson as the past editor of Chatalaine-I had no idea she had done so much more with her life.
This is a great read.
I also love that the questions she posted at the end of her book, are still relevant, and pretty much unanswered, even though the book is almost 20 years old!
This is a great read.
I also love that the questions she posted at the end of her book, are still relevant, and pretty much unanswered, even though the book is almost 20 years old!
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