DANCING BACKWARDS: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF CANADIAN WOMEN IN POLITICS. by Carstairs, Sharon and Higgins, Tim. Foreword by Susan Thompson - 2004

Winnipeg: Heartland Associates, 2004. 351 pp, 10" H. B&w photographs, portraits. "This is the story of the determined and difficult assault by women on the male-dominated citadel of Canadian politics. Combining profiles of twenty-eight remarkable women who have achieved political firsts with a richly detailed, immensely readable history of Canadian life over the last century, 'Dancing Backwards' will change the way you look at Canadian history." Profiles: Nellie McClung; Louise McKinney; Agnes Macphail; Emily Murphy; Alice Jamieson; Therese Casgrain; Cairine Wilson; Charlotte Whitton; Ellen Louks Fairclough; Bertha Wilson; Rosemary Brown; Jeanne Sauve; Audrey McLaughlin; Nellie Cournoyea; Kim Campbell; Sheila Copps; Mary Ellen Smith; Barbara Hanley; Muriel McQueen Fergusson; Tilly Jean Rolston; Nancy Hodges; Pauline McGibbon; Constance Glube; Rita Johnston; Alexa McDonough; Catherine Callbeck; Joyce Fairbairn; Beverley McLachlin. Very light toning to the edges of the pages, a slight twist to the spine, very minor edge wear, bump at the top of the spine. Dust jacket has minor wear at the top/bottom of the flap-folds, minor rubbing, light wrinkling at the top of the spine.. Not Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Joshua Stanton..