Book
Women who woke up the law : inside the cases that changed women's rights in Canada / Karin Wells.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781772604191 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 248 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Toronto, ON : Second Story Press, [2025]
- Copyright: ©2025
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| Subject: | Sex discrimination against women > Law and legislation > Canada > Case studies. Women > Legal status, laws, etc. > Canada > Case studies. Women's rights > Canada > Case studies. |
| Genre: | Case studies. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | 342.710878 Wel | 31681010409639 | NONFICPBK | Available | - |
- Orca Book Publishers
The stories of the women behind several landmark cases in Canadian lawâfrom divorce to self-defense to maternity benefits to abortion.
- Orca Book Publishers
âWho was the woman trying to convince a jury in a tiny courthouse in Nova Scotia that it was self-defense when she killed her partner; and who was the young woman walking into the palais de justice in small-town Quebec arguing that it was her choice, not his, to have an abortion? What was it that pushed these women on, even when the lawyers said it was hopeless?â
From the award-winning author of The Abortion Caravan and More Than a Footnote, Karin Wells once again pulls us into the livesâand this time, the legal trialsâof a group of women integral to the advancement of womenâs rights in Canada. Eliza Campbell, Chantale Daigle, Jeannette Corbiere Lavellâthese Women Who Woke Up the Law often had no idea what they were facing in the courts, or the price they would have to pay. Some never saw justice themselves, but they left a legal legacy. Their bold determination is something we need now more than ever to guard the hard-won gains in womenâs rights.
Key Selling Points:
- Shines a light on Canadian women who shaped and changed history through their impactful court cases. Includes the difficulties these women experienced in taking their cases to court, and the personal/financial/social costs.
- Karin Wells is a very talented storyteller and a lawyer. She brings us into the minds and hearts of these women. Her writing has been praised by Gloria Steinem, Quill & Quire, CBC, The Walrus, and more.
- This is not an exhaustive list of legal cases. Instead Wells chose these key women to show how their victories, and in some cases defeats, impacted womenâs rights in Canada. Includes divorce proceedings, abortion rights, maternity benefits, the Indigenous Persons Case, the right to self defence, and more.
- An awarded radio documentary journalist with the CBC, Karin Wells' book The Abortion Caravan was a finalist for the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing and winner of the Ontario Historical Society's Alison Prentice Award.
