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Author Ambrose, Linda McGuire, 1960- author.

Title A great rural sisterhood : Madge Robertson Watt and the ACWW / Linda M. Ambrose
Published Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2015]
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Contents Introduction: Framing the Life of Madge Robertson Watt -- 1 Formative Years: Family Influences and University Life -- 2 Scripting the New Woman: Writer and Editor -- 3 Playing Multiple Parts: Family, Society, and Sorrow -- 4 Role Reversal: From Colonial Widow to Imperial War Hero -- 5 On the World Stage: Forging International Networks -- 6 Sidelined by War: Waning Influence, Denial, and Death -- 7 Conclusion: Interpreting the Significance of Madge Watt
Summary In A Great Rural Sisterhood, Linda M. Ambrose uses a wealth of archival materials from both sides of the Atlantic to tell the story of Watt's remarkable life and the creation of the Associated Country Women of the World
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Watt, Madge Robertson, 1868-1948.
SUBJECT Watt, Madge Robertson, 1868-1948 fast
Subject Associated Country Women of the World -- History
SUBJECT Associated Country Women of the World fast
Subject Rural women -- Social conditions.
Rural women -- Societies and clubs
Women social reformers -- Canada -- Biography
Feminists -- Canada -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
HISTORY -- General.
Feminists
Rural women -- Social conditions
Rural women -- Societies and clubs
Women social reformers
Canada
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781442669017
1442669012