{"product_id":"we-shall-persist-heidi-macdonald-9780774863179","title":"We Shall Persist: Women and the Vote in the Atlantic Provinces","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Heidi MacDonald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 077486317X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780774863179\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of British Columbia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/19\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2024","brand":"Heidi MacDonald","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44080273129727,"sku":"9780774863179","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_149d20a2-5a34-4a6e-b613-62de487ced0f.jpg?v=1685485891","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/we-shall-persist-heidi-macdonald-9780774863179","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}