Through Sunshine and Shadow by Sharon Anne Cook
Using an extensive array of primary sources, including local WCTU minute books and correspondence, Cook describes the origins, structures, strategies, and achievements of the Ontario WCTU in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. She discusses the importance of its positions on such issues as Social Purity, women's franchise, the appropriate role of single women, working women's rights, the treatment of female offenders, and the effect of the WCTU's youth work. Cook traces the empowerment of women in the WCTU to the union's evangelical roots, arguing that the views of the Ontario WCTU were grounded in a vision of society that based the development of a moral society on the family unit and its moral centre, the mother.-
Contesting Zion
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Finding Molly Johnson
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Beating Against the Wind
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The Invisible Irish
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Ordinary Saints
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Callings and Consequences
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Disciples of Antigonish
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Serving the Present Age
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The Polish Exile
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The Waning of the Green
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Blood Ground
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Small Differences
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In the Aftermath of Catastrophe
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Contesting the Moral High Ground
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In Defence of the Faith
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Christian Attitudes Towards the State of Israel
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Boundless Dominion
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After Evangelicalism
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The Founding Moment
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A Full-Orbed Christianity
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Christian Ethics and Political Economy in North America
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A Social History of the Cloister
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The Cistercian Arts
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Infinity, Faith, and Time
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Marguerite Bourgeoys et Montreal
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The Lord's Dominion
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Towards a Godless Dominion
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The Big Picture
"A well-researched study of an organization that was a key voluntary association for many women in Ontario communities, 'Through Sunshine and Shadow' is a delight to read" Phyllis Airhart, Emmanuel College, University of Toronto.
Sharon Anne Cook is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Ottawa.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780773513051 |
| ISBN 10 | 0773513051 |
| Title | Through Sunshine and Shadow |
| Author | Sharon Anne Cook |
| Series | Mcgill-Queen's Studies In The History Of Religion |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | McGill-Queen's University Press |
| Year published | 1995-07-18 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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