{"product_id":"compelled-to-act-histories-of-womens-activism-in-western-canada-9780887558719","title":"Compelled to ACT: Histories of Women's Activism in Western Canada","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCompelled to Act\u003c\/em\u003e showcases fresh historical perspectives on the diversity of women's contributions to social and political change in prairie Canada in the twentieth century, including but looking beyond the era of suffrage activism. In our current time of revitalized activism against racism, colonialism, violence, and misogyny, this volume reminds us of the myriad ways women have challenged and confronted injustices and inequalities. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe women and their activities shared in \u003cem\u003eCompelled to Act\u003c\/em\u003e are diverse in time, place, and purpose, but there are some common threads. In their attempts to correct wrongs, achieve just solutions, and create change, women experienced multiple sites of resistance, both formal and informal. The acts of speaking out, of organizing, of picketing and protesting were characterized as unnatural for women, as violations of gender and societal norms, and as dangerous to the state and to family stability. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStill as these accounts demonstrate, prairie women felt compelled to respond to women's needs, to challenges to family security, both health and economic, and to the need for community. They reacted with the resources at hand, and beyond, to support effective action, joining the ranks of women all over the world seeking political and social agency to create a society more responsive to the needs of women and their children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarter, Sarah:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eSarah Carter FRSC is Professor and Henry Marshall Tory Chair in the Department of History and Classics, and the Faculty of Native Studies of the University of Alberta. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLangford, Nanci:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eNanci Langford is Academic Coordinator in the Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies program at Athabasca University. She co-chairs the Alberta Women's Memory Project, an online resource on Alberta women for students and the general public.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Manitoba Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50859900502290,"sku":"9780887558719","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8cf595b1-1342-4605-9a70-2cdcdb7137af.jpg?v=1737564809","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/compelled-to-act-histories-of-womens-activism-in-western-canada-9780887558719","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}