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The Dutch House is a 2019 novel by Ann Patchett. It was published by Harper on September 24, 2019. It tells the story of a brother and sister, Danny and Maeve Conroy, who grow up in a mansion known as the Dutch House, and their lives over five decades. [2] The novel was a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. [3]
The History of women in Canada is the study of the historical experiences of women living in Canada and the laws and legislation affecting Canadian women. In colonial period of Canadian history, Indigenous women's roles were often challenged by Christian missionaries, and their marriages to European fur traders often brought their communities into greater contact with the outside world.
Jane Urquhart, OC LL.D (born June 21, 1949) is a Canadian novelist and poet. [1] [2] She is the internationally acclaimed author of seven award-winning novels, three books of poetry and numerous short stories.
“Family Law Reform in (Neoliberal) Context: British Columbia's New Family Law Act”, (2014) 28:1 International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family 77-99 (with R. Treloar). “‘Marriage is More Than Just a Piece of Paper’: Feminist Critiques of Same Sex Marriage.” (2013) 8(2) National Taiwan University Law Review 263-298
Micheline Dumont CM CQ (born 1935) is a Canadian historian, lecturer and professor. She is a specialist in the history of women in Quebec.She is particularly known as the co-author, with Marie Lavigne, Jennifer Stoddart, and Michèle Stanton, of L'Histoire des femmes au Québec depuis quatre siècles, the first synthesis on the subject.
Canada: The Canadian Citizenship Act provided that marriage had no bearing on Canadian women's nationality, provided that Canadian citizens primary nationality was Canadian (not British) and that women were eligible to become naturalized citizens under the same rules which applied to men. [152] United States, Illinois: In People ex rel. Rago v.
Theodore Watts-Dunton noted her for praise in his review of the book; he quoted her entire poem "In the Shadows" and called her "the most interesting poetess now living". In her early works, Johnson wrote mostly about Canadian life, landscapes, and love in a post- Romantic mode, reflective of literary interests shared with her mother, rather ...
Emily Murphy (born Emily Gowan Ferguson; 14 March 1868 – 26 October 1933) [1] was a Canadian women's rights activist and author.In 1916, she became the first female magistrate in Canada and the fifth in the British Empire after Elizabeth Webb Nicholls, Jane Price, E. Cullen and Cecilia Dixon of Australia (all appointed to office in 1915).