Books from the CCLH
The Woman Worker: 1926-1929Edited by Margaret Hobbs and Joan Sangster
This volume presents the inaugural issue and articles from The Woman Worker, the official newspaper of the Canadian Federation of Women's Labor Leagues, during its 1926 to 1929 run. Edited by prominent Communist Party of Canada leader Florence Custance, The Woman Worker's objective was to "champion the Protection of Womanhood, and the cause of the Workers generally." In this collection, Hobbs and Sangster have provided an introductory chapter examining the evolution The Woman Worker, its editor Florence Custance, the Communist-led Women's Labor Leagues, and, more generally, the socio-economic and political context of the mid to late 1920s. Each chapter includes an introduction and suggestions for further reading.
Chapters include women and wage work, protective legislation, feminism and social reform, peace and war, women and the sex trade, marriage, the family and domestic labour, and the local Women's Labor Leagues at work.
Margaret Hobbs teaches Women's Studies at Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario. She researches and writes on aspects of the history of North American (especially Canadian) feminism, women's work, and social policy.
Joan Sangster teaches working-class and women's history at Trent University, Peterborough, Canada. Her latest book is Earning Respect: The Lives of Working Women in Small-Town Ontario, 1920-1960 (University of Toronto Press).
ISBN 1-894000-01-3 [1999], paper, 284 pp., $24.95
