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PublisherSecond STORY Press
ISBN-101772600938
ISBN-139781772600933
eBay Product ID (ePID)27038544583
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Book TitleTwo Firsts : Bertha Wilson and Claire L'heureux-Dubé at the Supreme Court of Canada
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2019
TopicWomen, Cultural Heritage, General, Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-), Lawyers & Judges
GenreLaw, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorConstance Backhouse
Book SeriesA Feminist History Society Book Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight17.6 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsBackhouse depicts Wilson and L'Heureux-Dubé as the admirable pioneers they were, and as individuals fully capable of human frailty. Two Firsts is exactly the kind of well-researched, currently relevant, straightforward, non-memoir non-fiction that gives the genre such power. It's not a biography of either woman, but a well-told story of the similar extraordinary circumstances that made both of them "firsts," and how this big job played out in each of their lives and in the life of Canada.
Series Volume Number9
Number of Volumes1 vol.
Dewey Decimal347.71/03534
Table Of ContentIntroduction1. Childhood and early schooling: Scotland and Quebec2. Bertha Wilson, the minister's wife3. The decision to study law4. Claire L'Heureux and Laval University Law School5 .Bertha Wilson and Dalhousie Law School6. L'Heureux-Dube's practice in Quebec City and marriage7. Bertha Wilson's practice in Toronto8. Practising as a woman9. First judicial appointments: "No woman can do my job!"10. Claire L'Heureux-Dube and the Quebec Superior Court11. Claire L'Heureux-Dube: Family tragedy and the Quebec Court of Appeal12. Bertha Wilson and the Ontario Court of Appeal13. Appointments to the Supreme Court of Canada, 1982 and 198714. Contrasting family lives15. Chilly reception in the Supreme Court of Canada16. Bertha Wilson's Supreme Court decisions17. Claire L'Heureux-Dube's Supreme Court decisions18. The conundrum of feminism and the complexities of race19. Retirement and after20. ConclusionEndnotesIndex
SynopsisBertha Wilson and Claire L'Heureux-Dubé were the first women judges on the Supreme Court of Canada, polar opposites in background and temperament, the two faced many identical challenges., Bertha Wilson and Claire L'Heureux-Dub were the first women judges on the Supreme Court of Canada. Their 1980s judicial appointments delighted feminists and shocked the legal establishment. Polar opposites in background and temperament, the two faced many identical challenges. Constance Backhouse's compelling narrative explores the sexist roadblocks they faced in education, law practice, and on the courts. She profiles their different ways of coping, their landmark decisions for women's rights, and their less stellar records on race. To explore the lives and careers of these two path-breaking women is to venture into a world of legal sexism from a past era. The question for the future becomes: how much of this sexism been relegated to the bins of history, and how much continues?, Bertha Wilson and Claire L'Heureux-Dub were the first women judges on the Supreme Court of Canada. Their 1980s judicial appointments delighted feminists and shocked the legal establishment. Polar opposites in background and temperament, the two faced many identical challenges. Constance Backhouse's compelling narrative explores the sexist roadblocks both women faced in education, law practice, and in the courts. She profiles their different ways of coping, their landmark decisions for women's rights, and their less stellar records on race. To explore the lives and careers of these two path-breaking women is to venture into a world of legal sexism from a past era. The question becomes, how much of that sexism has been relegated to the bins of history, and how much continues?, Bertha Wilson and Claire L'Heureux-Dubé were the first women judges on the Supreme Court of Canada. Their 1980s judicial appointments delighted feminists and shocked the legal establishment. Polar opposites in background and temperament, the two faced many identical challenges.Constance Backhouse's compelling narrative explores the sexist roadblocks both women faced in education, law practice, and in the courts. She profiles their different ways of coping, their landmark decisions for women's rights, and their less stellar records on race. To explore the lives and careers of these two path-breaking women is to venture into a world of legal sexism from a past era. The question becomes, how much of that sexism has been relegated to the bins of history, and how much continues?, Bertha Wilson and Claire L'Heureux-Dubé were the first women judges on the Supreme Court of Canada. Their 1980s judicial appointments delighted feminists and shocked the legal establishment. Polar opposites in background and temperament, the two faced many identical challenges. Constance Backhouse's compelling narrative explores the sexist roadblocks both women faced in education, law practice, and in the courts. She profiles their different ways of coping, their landmark decisions for women's rights, and their less stellar records on race. To explore the lives and careers of these two path-breaking women is to venture into a world of legal sexism from a past era. The question becomes, how much of that sexism has been relegated to the bins of history, and how much continues?
