Author: Henrietta Muir Edwards
Publisher: Good Press
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 95
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Unveil the forgotten past and empower your understanding of Canadian history with 'Legal Status of Canadian Women' by Henrietta Muir Edwards. Delve into a treasury of excerpts from both Dominion and Provincial Laws, shedding light on marriage, property rights, divorce, inheritance, suffrage, and more, as they once impacted the lives of Canadian women in 1908. Witness the transformative evolution of societal norms as you navigate through a collection of laws that governed the lives of our ancestors, exploring the intricate tapestry of their struggles and triumphs.
Author: Henrietta Muir Edwards
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781390921809
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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Excerpt from Legal Status of Canadian Women: As Shown by Extracts From Dominion and Provincial Laws Relating to Marriage, Property, Dower, Divorce, Descent of Land, Franchise, Crime and Other Subjects The question, What is the law? On this or that subject, was so frequently asked in our Council meetings when discussing various topics that relate to women, and so much delay was incurred in coming to any conclusion till the question could be answered, that I thought it advisable to prepare a brief synopsis of such laws as especially affect women. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Canada. Laws, statutes, etc.
Publisher: Calgary, Alta : National Council of Women of Canada
ISBN:
Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 61
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Author: Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 242
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Author: Julie A. Soloway
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780433487111
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: Kathleen Jamieson
Publisher: Advisory Council on the Status of Women
ISBN:
Category : Indian women
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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Documentation on the discrimination against native women in Canada, assembled with the assistance of the Advisory Council on the Status of Women.
Author: Constance Backhouse
Publisher: Canadian Scholars’ Press
ISBN: 0889615225
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 498
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Drawing on historical records of women’s varying experiences as litigants, accused criminals, or witnesses, this book offers critical insight into women’s legal status in nineteenth-century Canada. In an effort to recover the social and political conditions under which women lobbied, rebelled, and in some cases influenced change, Petticoats and Prejudice weaves together forgotten stories of achievement and defeat in the Canadian legal system. Expanding the concept of “heroism” beyond its traditional limitations, this text gives life to some of Canada’s lost heroines. Euphemia Rabbitt, who resisted an attempted rape, and Clara Brett Martin, who valiantly secured entry into the all-male legal profession, were admired by their contemporaries for their successful pursuits of justice. But Ellen Rogers, a prostitute who believed all women should be legally protected against sexual assault, and Nellie Armstrong, a battered wife and mother who sought child custody, were ostracized for their ideas and demands. Well aware of the limitations placed upon women advocating for reform in a patriarchal legal system, Constance Backhouse recreates vivid and textured snapshots of these and other women’s courageous struggles against gender discrimination and oppression. Employing social history to illuminate the reproductive, sexual, racial, and occupational inequalities that continue to shape women’s encounters with the law, Petticoats and Prejudice is an essential entry point into the gendered treatment of feminized bodies in Canadian legal institutions. This book was co-published with The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History.
Author: Henrietta Muir Edwards
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 81
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Author: Jennifer M. Kilty
Publisher: Canadian Scholars’ Press
ISBN: 0889615160
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 374
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Western feminists have long treated the rule of law as an essential ingredient of social justice; however, as the contributors to this collection remind us, meaningful justice remains out of reach for many women and racialized minorities precisely because the law turns a blind eye to the inequities that structure their daily lives. In fourteen chapters that open vital debates about the erosion of the welfare state and the media's complicity in concealing political injustice, Within the Confines details the brutal ironies of a society that criminalizes the vulnerable while absolving the elite. Distinctive in its focus on Canada, the book traces the linkages among racial, ethnic, sexual, and economic vulnerability and reveals the inadequacies of legislative approaches to socio-historical problems such as drug trafficking, homelessness, infanticide, and the legacies of settler colonial violence. In accessible prose, the authors dismantle the myths behind topics that are often sensationalized in the media-pornography, single motherhood, sex work, filicide, gangs, domestic abuse, prison conditions, HIV nondisclosure-and present alternative arguments that expose the justice system's role in widening the gap between the rich and the poor. What emerges is a poignant challenge to the neoliberal fable that women and minorities in Western democracies now enjoy full equality and an urgent call to action for those who seek to shift institutional norms in more equitable directions. A valuable resource for a wide range of fields, including criminology, sociology, social anthropology, gender studies, political science, social work, and legal history, this multidisciplinary volume offers a fresh perspective on the disturbingly predictable judgments that criminalized women face in Canada.
Author: M. Elizabeth Atcheson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Actions and defenses
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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