Title: Pauline Jewett :
Authors: McKenzie, Judith,
Date: 1999
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press,
Physical description: xv, 204 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: F
Abstract: "Judith McKenzie's biography of Pauline Jewett, one of Canada's leading feminists, spans her childhood years to her last and valiant struggle against cancer. McKenzie reveals a woman of principle who fought her political and institutional battles with good humour, courage, and dignity for the betterment of Canadians and women everywhere."--Jacket.
Contents: 1. The Early Years -- 2. Off to Queen's and Harvard -- 3. Life in the Ivory Tower -- 4. The Honourable Member for Northumberland -- 5. The Institute of Canadian Studies and Moving Left -- 6. Life on Burnaby Mountain -- 7. The NDP Years and the Turbulent Eighties: Star Wars, the Cruise, and Meech Lake -- 8. Lovers, Mentors, Friends, and Relations -- 9. The Final Battle -- 10. The Political Philosophy of Pauline Jewett -- Epilogue: More than a Traiblazer.
Subject headings (LCSH): Canada. Parliament. House of Commons--Biography.; Educators--Canada--Biography.; Feminists--Canada--Biography; Jewett, Pauline, 1922-; Legislators--Canada--Biography; Simon Fraser University--Presidents--Biography.; Women college administrators--Canada--Biography.