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The abortion caravan : when women shut down government in the battle for the right to choose / Karin Wells.
"How a group of women helped bring about abortion reform. In the spring of 1970, 17 (mostly) young women set out from Vancouver in a big yellow convertible, a Volkswagen bus, and a pickup truck. It was called the Abortion Caravan. Five thousand kilometres later, they led a rally of 500 women on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, "occupied" the Prime Minister's front lawn, chained themselves to their chairs in the visitors' galleries, and shut down Parliament--the first and only time this was accomplished."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781772601251 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 326 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: Toronto : Second Story Press, 2020.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Subject: | Abortion > Government policy > Canada > Citizen participation. Pro-choice movement > Canada > History. Women's rights > Canada. |
| Genre: | History. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | 362.198880971 Wel | 31681010195204 | NONFICPBK | Available | - |
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In 1970 seventeen women travelled five thousand kilometres from Vancouver to Ottawa to raise awareness for women's rights, leading a rally of 500 women demanding access to abortion that shut down parliament. - Database Management
- Large advance copy mailing of printed galleys to relevant/key media, reviewers, librarians. - Events in the main Canadian cities involved: Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa. - Digital galleys will be available on NetGalley and Edelweiss. With advertising to support their promotion. - Ads and promotion with print media, radio, and trade and library publications, as well as coordinated social media. In the spring of 1970, seventeen women set out from Vancouver in a big yellow convertible, a Volkswagen bus, and a pickup truck. They called it the Abortion Caravan. Three thousand miles later, they âoccupiedâ the prime ministerâs front lawn in Ottawa, led a rally of 500 women on Parliament Hill, chained themselves to their chairs in the visitorsâ galleries, and shut down the House of Commons, the first and only time this had ever happened. The seventeen were a motley crew. They argued, they were loud, and they wouldn't take no for an answer. They pulled off a national campaign in an era when there was no social media, and with a budget that didn't stretch to long-distance phone calls. It changed their lives. And at a time when thousands of women in Canada were dying from back street abortions, it pulled women together across the country. - Orca Book Publishers
In the spring of 1970, seventeen women set out from Vancouver in a big yellow convertible, a Volkswagen bus, and a pickup truck. They called it the Abortion Caravan. Three thousand miles later, they âoccupiedâ the prime ministerâs front lawn in Ottawa, led a rally of 500 women on Parliament Hill, chained themselves to their chairs in the visitorsâ galleries, and shut down the House of Commons, the first and only time this had ever happened. The seventeen were a motley crew. They argued, they were loud, and they wouldn't take no for an answer. They pulled off a national campaign in an era when there was no social media, and with a budget that didn't stretch to long-distance phone calls. It changed their lives. And at a time when thousands of women in Canada were dying from back street abortions, it pulled women together across the country.
