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To be equals in our own country : women and the vote in Quebec
Baillargeon, Denyse, 1954-Vancouver : UBC Press, [2019]As the first overview of developments leading to Quebec women's suffrage, this book will have broad appeal to Canadian readers interested in their own history, as well as to students and scholars of women's history and political history.
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A brief history of women in Quebec
Baillargeon, Denyse, 1954-Waterloo, Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2014]A Brief History of Women in Quebec examines the historical experience of women of different social classes and origins (geographic, ethnic, and racial) from the period of contact between Europeans and Aboriginals to the twenty-first century to give a nuanced and complex account of the main transformations in their lives. Themes explored include demography, such as marriage, fecundity, and immigration; women's work outside and inside the home, including motherhood; education, from elementary school to post-secondary and access to the professions; the impact of religion and government policies; and social and political activism, including feminism and struggles to attain equality with men. Early chapters deal with New France and the first part of the nineteenth century, and the remaining are devoted to the period since 1880, an era in which women's lives changed rapidly and dramatically. The book concludes that transformation in the means of production, women's social and political activism (including feminism), and Quebec nationalism are three main keys to understanding the history of Quebec women. Together, the three show that women's history, far from being an adjunct to "general history, " is essential to a full understanding of the past. Originally published in French with the title Breve histoire des femmes au Quebec.
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Making do : women, family, and home in Montreal during the Great Depression
Baillargeon, Denyse, 1954-Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c1999.Life in the Great Depression -- long lines of unemployed, soup kitchens, men riding the rails, public works projects -- these are the graphic images of the Great Depression of the 1930s, popularized by the press and seared into our memories. But outside of a few distinctive stories gathered from the oral and anecdotal writings on strategies used to survive, we know next to nothing about the daily life of the working class during those long and hungry years. How did the families survive when the principal breadwinner was unemployed? How did they feed, shelter and clothe themselves when relief payments covered barely half of their essential needs? To answer these questions Denyse Baillargeon looks at the contribution of the housewives. By interviewing Montreal francophone women who were already married at the beginning of the 1930s, and by examining their principal responsibilities, she uncovers the alternative strategies these housewives used to counter poverty. Their recollections made it possible to shed light not only on the impact of the economic crisis on their household duties during the Depression but also on their lives from childhood to World War 2, and on the living conditions of the working class from which most of them came.
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