Breaking Barriers, Shaping Worlds - 9780774866408

University of British Columbia Press

Where are the women in Canada\u2019s international history? Breaking Barriers, Shaping Worlds answers this question in a comprehensive volume that explores the role of women in Canadian international affairs.\nForeign policy historians have traditionally focused on powerful men. Though hidden, forgotten, or ignored, this book shows that women have also shaped Canada\u2019s relations with the world over the past century \u2013 whether as activists, missionaries, aid workers, diplomats or diplomatic spouses.\nBreaking Barriers, Shaping Worlds examines the lives and careers of professional women working abroad as doctors, nurses, or economic development advisors; women fighting for change as anti-war, anti-nuclear, or Indigenous rights activists; and women engaged in traditional diplomacy. This wide-ranging\n\nBreaking Barriers, Shaping Worlds\nCanadian Women and the Search for Global Order\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using R;