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A Liberal-Labour lady : the times and life of Mary Ellen Spear Smith / Veronica Strong-Boag.

"A Liberal-Labour Lady restores British Columbia's first female MLA and the British Empire and Commonwealth's first female cabinet minister to history. An imperial settler, liberal-labour activist, and mainstream suffragist, Mary Ellen Smith demanded a fair deal for "deserving&qu...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Strong-Boag, Veronica Jane (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Vancouver, BC : UBC Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Spear Smith, Mary Ellen, > 1863-1933.
Women legislators > British Columbia > Biography.
Legislators > British Columbia > Biography.
Women cabinet officers > British Columbia > Biography.
Cabinet officers > British Columbia > Biography.
Suffragists > Canada > Biography.
Cabinet officers.
Legislators.
Suffragists.
Women cabinet officers.
Women legislators.
British Columbia.
Canada.
Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction: Worker, Settler, Liberal, Feminist
  • 1 Setting the Stage in British Mining Villages, to 1892
  • 2 Replenishing the Empire, 1892-1900
  • 3 From Nanaimo to Ottawa and Back Again, 1900-11
  • 4 Boom, Bust, War, and Death, 1912-17
  • 5 Independent Liberal Lady? 1917-20
  • 6 From Hope to Disillusion, 1920-28
  • 7 On the Margins, 1928-33
  • Conclusion: British Columbia's Famous Pioneer Politician: Making History
  • Notes
  • Index.

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