A Woman's Place: Seventy Years In The Lives Of Canadian Women

by Sylvia Fraser

From the days of conservatism and corsets to the era of liberalism and liposuction, Canadian women have turned to Chatelaine for information and inspiration. In words and pictures culled from the magazine`s pages, A Woman`s Place records the female journey from tradition-bound helpmate to no-holds-barred heroine of her own life. Featuring more than 140 black and white images, three colour sections and hundreds of articles by a virtual who`s who of Canadian writing such as Barbara Amiel, June Callwood, Marian Engel, Robert Fulford, Michelle Landsberg, Phil Marchand, Nellie McClung and Beverley Slopen, A Woman`s Place ranges from the bedroom to the boardroom in a one of a kind social history. It reveals who we were and who we have become.

280 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Sylvia Fraser (born 8 March 1935 in Hamilton, Ontario) was a Canadian novelist, journalist and travel writer. Fraser was educated at the University of Western Ontario. In her fifty year career as a journalist, she has written hundreds of articles, beginning as a Feature Writer for The Toronto Star Weekly (1957-68), and continuing with articles for many other magazines and newspapers including the Globe & Mail, Saturday Night, Chatelaine, the Walrus and Toronto Life. She taught creative writing for many years at Banff Centre and at various university workshops. She has participated in extensive media tours, given lectures and readings throughout Canada, the United States, Britain and Sweden. She served on the Arts Advisory Panel to Canada Council and was a member of Canada Council's 1985 Cultural Delegation to China. She was a founding member of The Writers’ Union of Canada and for many years was on the executive of The Writers' Trust, a charitable organization for the support of Canadian authors and literature. Fraser lived in Toronto, Ontario.

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