2006, ISBN: 0887556906

[EAN: 9780887556906], Neubuch, [PU: University of Manitoba Press], POLITICAL PRAIRIE PROVINCES WOMEN GENERAL AAS PAPERBACK PRINTED BOOKS, Political Science |Political Ideologies|Communism… Meer...

[EAN: 9780887556906], Neubuch, [PU: University of Manitoba Press], POLITICAL PRAIRIE PROVINCES WOMEN GENERAL AAS PAPERBACK PRINTED BOOKS, Political Science |Political Ideologies|Communism & Socialism, Biography & Autobiography|General, Paperback, Brand New, clean, tight, unmarked, no spine or cover creases Dorise Nielsen was a pioneering feminist, a radical politician, the first Communist elected to Canada's House of Commons, and the only woman elected in 1940. But despite her remarkable career, until now little has been known about her. From her youth in London during World War I to her burial in 1980 in a heroÃs cemetery in China, Nielsen lived through tumultuous times. Struggling through the Great Depression as a homesteaderÃs wife in rural Saskatchewan, Nielsen rebelled against the poverty and injustice that surrounded her, and found like-minded activists in the CCF and the Communist Party of Canada. In 1940 when leaders of the Communist Party were either interned or underground, Nielsen became their voice in Parliament. But her activism came at a high price. As a single mother in Ottawa, she sacrificed a close relationship with her family for her career. As a woman in an emerging political organisation, her. All orders are shipped by Kbooks every business day using USPS Media Mail for American orders and Canada Post for Canada bound orders (from Toronto). Overweight books (>1 kg) dispatched outside North America may require additional shipping charges.<

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Dorise Nielsen was a pioneering feminist, a radical politician, the first Communist elected to Canadaís House of Commons, and the only woman elected in 1940. But despite her remarkable ca… Meer...

Dorise Nielsen was a pioneering feminist, a radical politician, the first Communist elected to Canadaís House of Commons, and the only woman elected in 1940. But despite her remarkable career, until now little has been known about her.From her youth in London during World War I to her burial in 1980 in a heroís cemetery in China, Nielsen lived through tumultuous times. Struggling through the Great Depression as a homesteaderís wife in rural Saskatchewan, Nielsen rebelled against the poverty and injustice that surrounded her, and found like-minded activists in the CCF and the Communist Party of Canada. In 1940 when leaders of the Communist Party were either interned or underground, Nielsen became their voice in Parliament. But her activism came at a high price. As a single mother in Ottawa, she sacrificed a close relationship with her family for her career. As a woman in an emerging political organisation, her authority was increasingly usurped by younger male party members. As a committed communist, she moved to Mao''s China in 1957 and dedicated her lifeís work to a cause that went seriously awry.Faith Johnston illuminates the life of a woman who paved the way for a generation of women in politics, who tried to be both a good mother and a good revolutionary, and who refused to give up on either. Books > Biography & Memoirs > History & Politics List_Books<

2006, ISBN: 0887556906

[EAN: 9780887556906], Neubuch, [PU: University of Manitoba Press], POLITICAL PRAIRIE PROVINCES WOMEN GENERAL AAS PAPERBACK PRINTED BOOKS, Political Science |Political Ideologies|Communism… Meer...

[EAN: 9780887556906], Neubuch, [PU: University of Manitoba Press], POLITICAL PRAIRIE PROVINCES WOMEN GENERAL AAS PAPERBACK PRINTED BOOKS, Political Science |Political Ideologies|Communism & Socialism, Biography & Autobiography|General, Paperback, Brand New, clean, tight, unmarked, no spine or cover creases Dorise Nielsen was a pioneering feminist, a radical politician, the first Communist elected to Canada's House of Commons, and the only woman elected in 1940. But despite her remarkable career, until now little has been known about her. From her youth in London during World War I to her burial in 1980 in a heroÃs cemetery in China, Nielsen lived through tumultuous times. Struggling through the Great Depression as a homesteaderÃs wife in rural Saskatchewan, Nielsen rebelled against the poverty and injustice that surrounded her, and found like-minded activists in the CCF and the Communist Party of Canada. In 1940 when leaders of the Communist Party were either interned or underground, Nielsen became their voice in Parliament. But her activism came at a high price. As a single mother in Ottawa, she sacrificed a close relationship with her family for her career. As a woman in an emerging political organisation, her. All orders are shipped by kbooks every business day.<

2006, ISBN: 9780887556906

Dorise Nielsen was a pioneering feminist, a radical politician, the first Communist elected to Canada´s House of Commons, and the only woman elected in 1940. But her activism came at a hi… Meer...

Dorise Nielsen was a pioneering feminist, a radical politician, the first Communist elected to Canada´s House of Commons, and the only woman elected in 1940. But her activism came at a high price. As a single mother in Ottawa, she sacrificed a close relationship with her family for her career. As a committed communist, she moved to Mao´s China in 1957 and dedicated her life´s work to a cause that went seriously awry. A Great Restlessness: The Life and Times of Dorise Nielsen Bücher > Fremdsprachige Bücher > Englische Bücher Taschenbuch 01.10.2006 Buch (fremdspr.), Univ Of Manitoba, .200<

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