Charlotte
Subtitle: the last suffragette
By: Dave Mullington
Publisher: General Store Pub. House
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Renfrew, Ont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 390
ISBN-13: 9781897508770
Subjects: Mayors; Biography; Social workers; Feminists; Maires; Biographies; Travailleurs sociaux; Féministes
Description: From the back cover: "Canada's woman newsmaker of the year six times during the 1950s and '60s, Charlotte Whitton made headlines regularly as mayor of Ottawa. But she was no stranger to the spotlight. Prior to becoming the first female mayor of a Canadian city, Charlotte had already made an international name for herself as a driving force in the developing field of social welfare. A determined feminist, Charlotte is famous for saying: "Whatever she does - Oh! doesn't every woman know it! - she must do twice as well as any man to be thought just half as good." It was this attitude that propelled her from humble beginnings in the Ottawa Valley to become an advisor to and combatant of legislators and policy makers, at home and around the world."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. Youth; title: "Pisces was rising"; title: From hen coop to cum laude; title: Pt. 2. Welfare administrator; title: Righteousness reigns; title: A whiff of parliamentary air; title: Dust-up in Geneva; title: A lust for the lurid; title: Tough love advised; title: Harems, opium and "chile sauce"; title: Bowing out; title: Pt. 3. Freelancer; title: A woman of leisure; title: "Uncle Charlie" and "babies for export"; title: A woman on the line; title: Pt. 4. Politician; title: The lady controller fights back; title: "Coronation" at city hall; title: "I've been to London to visit the Queen"; title: Advantage Whitton; title: The Diefenbaker affair; title: Blushing and flushing; title: Sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll; title: "Hell on wheels."