Description:
Korinek shows that rather than promoting domestic perfection, Chatelaine did not cling to the stereotypes of the era, but instead forged ahead, providing women with a variety of images, ideas, and critiques of women's role in society.
Brief description:
Valerie Korinek is a professor in the Department of History at the University of Saskatchewan.
Review Quotes:
'[The book] is a treasure trove of information about a central source for women's history in this period. The material on reader response is not available anywhere else, and Korinek has integrated it into an argument about an important question, the roots of second wave feminism.'
--Shirley Tillotson, Department of History, Dalhousie University