{"product_id":"we-shall-persist-women-and-the-vote-in-the-atlantic-provinces-hardcover","title":"We Shall Persist: Women and the Vote in the Atlantic Provinces - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHeidi MacDonald\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA mapping of the political contexts and problems faced by advocates for women's suffrage and wider rights in the Atlantic Provinces.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It was only after exhausting campaigns for the Great Cause that women in Atlantic Canada finally won the right to vote and to run for office. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Despite virulent opposition, most regional nonindigenous women won enfranchisement in the immediate post-World War I era. This victory curbed the most blatant political misogyny and paved the way for other rights, such as improved social assistance and access to birth control. Yet progress was uneven and the movement itself was marred by class and racial inequities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe Shall Persist\u003c\/i\u003e painstakingly captures the long struggle, years of disappointment, and suffrage victories across Atlantic Canada--all steps in the unfinished march toward gender, race, and class equality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeidi MacDonald\u003c\/b\u003e is dean of arts and professor of history and politics at the University of New Brunswick, Saint John. She is coauthor of \u003ci\u003eVatican II and Beyond.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 19, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757395902752,"sku":"9780774863179","price":53.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ea55acd375cb1c4c4006e4781b726148.webp?v=1780101348","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/we-shall-persist-women-and-the-vote-in-the-atlantic-provinces-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}