{"product_id":"a-diversity-of-women-women-in-ontario-since-1945","title":"A Diversity of Women: Ontario, 1945-1980","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"129\" data-end=\"646\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"129\" data-end=\"170\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eA Diversity of Women: Ontario, 1945–1980\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e explores how ideas about women’s roles in Ontario shifted in the decades following the Second World War. Edited by Joy Parr, this collection brings together ten interdisciplinary studies that challenge the notion of a single, uniform female experience. The essays examine everyday life, work, family, and activism, revealing how women navigated postwar expectations, consumer culture, suburban growth, and paid labour in ways far more complex than common stereotypes suggest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"648\" data-end=\"1249\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eContributors examine the lives of teenage girls, working mothers, immigrant and refugee women, rural farm women, factory workers, feminists, Franco-Ontarian women, and Indigenous women across the province. Drawing on personal narratives, historical records, and social analysis, the book highlights the diversity of women’s experiences shaped by class, ethnicity, geography, and political engagement. Thoughtful and well-researched, this volume is a\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003en important resource for readers interested in women’s history, Canadian social history, and the changing realities of women’s lives in postwar Ontario.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"648\" data-end=\"1249\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joy Parr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50626945974569,"sku":"076953B","price":15.75,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9435\/7545\/files\/a-diversity-of-women-ontario-1945-1980-8755873.webp?v=1768759148","url":"https:\/\/thebookstore.ca\/products\/a-diversity-of-women-women-in-ontario-since-1945","provider":"The Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}