Title: The public at play : gender and the politics of recreation in post-war Ontario /
Authors: Tillotson, Shirley Maye, 1956-
Publisher: University of Toronto Press,
Year: 2000
Subjects: Recreation and state Ontario History.; Recreation Social aspects Ontario History.; Sexism Ontario History.
Contents: Defining recreation and expressing needs in a "free society" -- Making a democratic bureaucracy, 1945-1949 -- Regulation and the gendering of a new profession, 1949-1954 -- Constructing community, legitimating authority, 1946-1958 -- The meanings of citizen participation: Brantford, 1945-1957 -- The feminine mystique in community leadership: women volunteers in public recreation -- From movement to municipal service, 1955-1961.