Assignment
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Read ch.1 and ch.2 of Judy Rebick's text (Ten Thousand Roses: The Making of a Feminist Revolution).
Answer the following questions with citations from Rebick's text:
A. What were some of the historical events in the United States that directly influenced revolutionary change in Canada in the 1960's and 1970's?
B. What is the importance of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada?
C. Who was Rosemary Brown, and why was she a Canadian trailblazer?
D. What is the importance of NAC in Canada, and what is the name of the trailblazer who was its activist representative in Manitoba?
E. What was the "Murdoch Case," and what overall important right was given to women* in Canada in its aftermath?
F. What was the importance of the "Balloon Lady" skit, and what was the "symbolism" that affected legislation in a positive way for women in Canada?
G. Read about the various trailblazers in ch. 2, and choose two that impressed you,and explain why (in two to three sentences).