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Against the Current : The Remarkable Life of Agnes Dean Cameron by Cathy Converse (2018, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherTouchwood Editions

ISBN-101771512709

ISBN-139781771512701

eBay Product ID (ePID)13038494823

Product Key Features

Book TitleAgainst the Current : the Remarkable Life of Agnes Dean Cameron

Number of Pages328 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2018

TopicWomen, General, Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-), Historical

IllustratorYes

GenreBiography & Autobiography, History

AuthorCathy Converse

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight12.3 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2018-487474

Dewey Edition23

Number of Volumes1 vol.

Dewey Decimal971.1/03092

SynopsisReceived an Honourable Mention for the 2018 Lieutenant Governor's Medal for Historical Writing The first book on Agnes Deans Cameron, BC's first female principal, itinerant traveller, and journalist. Agnes Deans Cameron was an extraordinary woman who was ahead by a century. Born in Victoria in 1863, she was the first female school principal in the province, but she worked tirelessly to achieve work equality and voting rights for women. One of Canada's most well known writers of her time, she put western Canada on the map through her writing, which was published internationally including in the Saturday Evening Post . She was also a trailblazer in sports, becoming the first "Lady Centurion" in the West. A consummate trailblazer, in the summer of 1906, Cameron travelled 10,000 miles down the Mackenzie River and out into the Beaufort Sea--something no other European woman had done--in one short season. Cameron was named one of the top 150 most significant individuals in the history of the province of British Columbia. This is the first book commemorating her life., Agnes Deans Cameron was an extraordinary woman who was ahead by a century. Born in Victoria in 1863, not only was she the first female principal in the province, she also was very involved in equal rights advocacy, and worked tirelessly to achieve work equality and voting rights for women. She put western Canada on the map through her writing, which was published internationally including in The Saturday Evening Post . She was also a trailblazer in sports, becoming the first "Lady Centurion" in the West. A consummate trailblazer, in the summer of 1908, Cameron travelled 10,000 miles down the Mackenzie River and out into the Beaufort Sea--something no other European woman had done--in one short season. Cameron was named one of the top 150 most significant individuals in the history of the province of British Columbia, and this is the first book commemorating her life., The first biography on Agnes Deans Cameron, BC's first female principal, itinerant traveller, and one of Canada's most famous writers, and trailblazer.

LC Classification NumberCT310.C324C66 2018