A history of women in the Canadian military
By: Barbara Dundas.
Contributors: Canada. Dept. of National Defence.
Publisher: Art global and Dept. of National Defense in co-operation with the Dept. of Public Works and Government Services Canada
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Montréal
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
Subjects: Women soldiers -- Canada -- History; Women and the military -- Canada -- History; Canada -- Armed Forces -- Women -- History; Canada -- Armed Forces -- Women -- Pictorial works
Genres: Pictorial works.
Description: This book traces the history of women in the Canadian military, including: their service as nurses in the late 19th & early 20th century (in the North West Rebellion, the Yukon Field Force, and the South African War); the creation of a military nursing service & participation in the First World War; creation of women's divisions in the armed forces in World War II; women war artists; demobilization & then re-establishment of women's organizations in the post-war period; military nursing in the Korean War and the rest of the 1950s; decline in women's military participation to 1965; and the subsequent expansion of women's military roles toward achieving gender equality.
Notes: Distributed by the Government of Canada Depositary Services Program.

Includes bibliographical references and index.