In Subordination: Professional Women, 1870-1970

Mary Kinnear

Published by McGill-Queen's University Press 1995

In Subordination

Professional Women, 1870-1970

Mary Kinnear

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780773565234

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From 1870 to 1970 between ten and twenty per cent of women in paid work held jobs described by the Canadian census as "professional." In this important historical study, Mary Kinnear explores the experience of the first generations of professional women in Canada.

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"Exciting, absorbing reading which offers new and important insights. In Subordination makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of women's history and the history of professional occupations." Janet Guilford, Department of History, University of New Brunswick.
"A wonderful book." Alison Prentice, Department of the History of Philosophy, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.

"Exciting, absorbing reading which offers new and important insights. In Subordination makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of women's history and the history of professional occupations." Janet Guilford, Department of History, University of New Brunswick. "A wonderful book." Alison Prentice, Department of the History of Philosophy, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.

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Front Matter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Professions, Evidence, and Gender in General Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Discourse by Default: Women University Teachers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	30
Medicine: “Tough Old Birds” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
Law: “That There Woman Lawyer” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	78
Nursing: “One of the Truest and Noblest Callings” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
Teachers: A Majority in the Margins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
In Retrospect: “Delighted to Be Accepted” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	152
Appendices
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Survey Respondents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243

Language: English
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 256

eBook

Published: February 20, 1995
ISBN: 9780773565234