Janice Newton – författare

Newton argues that socialist women and their concerns posed a radical challenge to the male-dominated left. Early socialist women fought to be treated as equals and actively debated popular women''s issues, including domestic work, women in industry, sexuality, and women''s suffrage. They provided a unique and vibrant perspective on these issues and challenged the middle-class bias inherent in the women''s movement. Broadening our understanding of Canadian social history, Newton analyses the intersection of two important social movements - the labour/socialist and the turn-of-the-century feminist movements - and draws conclusions that are essential for understanding the class and gender characteristics of social criticism and activism in this period.

Published Under the Garamond ImprintThe voices in this book reflect the broad diversity of a large urban university community, with contributions from undergraduate and graduate students, teaching assistants, contract and full-time faculty, staff and administrators. Issues of equity, diversity and power form the foundation of this community's thinking about pedagogy, and the topics span a continuum from the theoretical to the practical.Voices from the Classroom will have a broad appeal to the university teaching community across North America, facing common challenges in the twenty-first century.