Runaway Wives and Rogue Feminists: The Origins of the Women's Shelter Movement in Canada (Inscribed) - Goodhand, Margo

INSCRIBED BY MARGO on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; single very light crease to front cover near spine; otherwise very minimal wear; appears unread; In the 60s and 70s, violence against women was widespread. It wasn't talked about, and women had few, if any, options to escape their abusers. Yet in 1973 - with no statistics, no money and little public support - five disparate groups of Canadian women quietly opened Canada's first battered women's shelters. Today, there are well over 600. In this book, Goodhand tracks down the "rogue feminists" whose work forged an underground railway for women and children, weaving their stories into an unforgettable - and until now untold - history.
Very Good
Soft cover
Fernwood Publishing
2017
Winnipeg, MB