This title presents primary documents (diaries, letters, advertisements, and photographs), and introductory essays that can be easily integrated into any Canadian history program. It incorporates major themes that impact on women's lives at home and abroad. It includes end of chapter activities and selected resources.

This is a compilation of primary documents (diaries, letters, advertisements, essays, photographs) that provides a forum for the voices of women in Canada. It is organised chronologically, documenting the decades of the 20th century. Each chapter incorporates major themes that defined and impacted on women's lives throughout the century, such as work, education, images of women, political action and women in the home. End of chapter activities and selected resources provide support for using the documents.

The history of Black Women in Canada is long and complex and largely unknown. This book attempts to uncover some of this history. This collection of teaching resources, revised and expanded in 2004 includes: an introduction, five life stories, primary documents, 13 brief biographies, selections from the "Narratives of Fugitive Slaves" first published in 1856, records of the teaching career of Ada Kelly, first Black woman to teach in a public school board in Ontario, a "Who Am I" quiz, an historical overview by Afua Cooper, classroom activities and a bibliography, and filmography.