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1 online resource (183 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
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Dundurn lives |
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Dundurn lives.
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Foreword; 1. A Young Victorian Matron; 2. Early Work with the YWCA; 3. Council of Women; 4. Cooking classes at the YWCA; 5. A School of Domestic Science; 6. A Controversial Crusade; 7. The Campaign Heats Up; 8. Two New Organizations; 9. The Little Red Book; 10. Conquest by Charm; 11. A Trip to England; 12. A School for Domestic Science Teachers; 13. An Ambitious Project; 14. More Victories; 15. Trials and Tantrums; 16. Macdonald Institute; 17. Trade School Advisor; 18. "The Gratitude of the Citizens"; Epilogue; Chronology; Notes; Bibliography; Illustration and Photograph Credits |
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Adelaide Hunter Hoodless, lifelong crusader for the recognition of the domestic sciences (cooking, sewing, childcare and housework) and an early proponent of home economics in Canada, was considered one of the radical new woman of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. She helped turn the Canadian YWCA into a national organization. She founded the Women's Institute, assisted in the founding of the Victorian Order of Nurses and represented Canada on numerous International Councils of Women, as well as establishing the first school for the training of domestic science teachers in |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-181) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Hoodless, Adelaide, 1857-1910.
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Hoodless, Adelaide, 1857-1910 fast |
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Home economists -- Canada -- Biography
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Women social reformers -- Canada -- Biography
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Women -- Canada -- Societies and clubs -- History
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Home economics -- Study and teaching -- Canada -- History
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Women -- Canada -- Social conditions
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Home economists -- Canada -- Biography
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Home economics -- Study and teaching
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Home economists
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Women -- Social conditions
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Women social reformers
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Women -- Societies and clubs
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Canada
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Electronic books
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
88161982 |
| ISBN |
9781554880669 |
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1554880661 |
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9781459714304 |
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145971430X |
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9786611961855 |
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6611961852 |
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