Home Dreams: Women and the Suburban Experiment in Canada, 1945–60

Strong-Boag, Veronica

doi:10.3138/chr-072-04-03

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“…As with other common afflictions, the cure was not medication or science-rather, it was finding a hobby or part-time work (1954). Such advice was not just unusual during this time, but was in fact contrary to the many experts who thought it was impossible for women to be good wives and mothers if they worked (Strong-Boag, 2002). Yet this was one of Hilliard's strongest messages throughout many of her writings.…”

Section: Sharing Knowledge On Women's Mental and Physical Healthmentioning

confidence: 75%

“…(1956a, p. 39) Although Hilliard's frank discussion of women's health problems and their sexual desires is certainly ground-breaking in such a mainstream publication, she reinforces patriarchal views on women's need to please their husbands, despite their own (un)happiness. While insisting on women's continued engagement with sex is perhaps unique, Hilliard falls in line with other Canadian and U.S. home and family "experts" during the 1950s who stated that women's basic satisfaction came through service (sexual or otherwise) to others and was situated in the domestic sphere (Strong-Boag, 2002). …”

Section: Women In Marriagementioning

confidence: 83%

“…As a result, many mothers who worked outside the home had to balance their family's needs with the public perception that mothers worked outside the home for selfish reasons (1995). Most mainstream media also ignored the changing nature of the work force, which included an increase in married women (Strong-Boag, 2002). Statistics show that in 1941, this group comprised only 4.5% of the work force.…”

Section: The 1950s Mass Mediamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Though I, among others (Anderson, 1996;Korinek, 2000;Strong-Boag, 2002), argue that Hilliard's messages were often feminist, Chatelaine was not widely recognized as a feminist publication during the period when her articles appeared (1954)(1955)(1956)). 2 Such credit emerged when Doris Anderson became editor in 1957, a position she held for two decades.…”

Section: Chatelaine and Dr Marion Hilliard's Articlesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Of particular interest to this paper is a series of articles written by Dr. Marion Hilliard, who not only promoted women's economic, professional, and emotional autonomy, but also openly discussed issues that were previously only shared among close family and friends (Strong-Boag, 2002). Anna Marion Hilliard was born on June 17, 1902, in Morrisburg, Ontario.…”

Section: Chatelaine and Dr Marion Hilliard's Articlesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Reading Chatelaine: Dr. Marion Hilliard and 1950s Women’s Health Advice

Mendes

2011

Canadian Journal of Communication

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Section: Sharing Knowledge On Women's Mental and Physical Healthmentioning

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Visions of Diversity: Cultural Pluralism and the Nation in the Folk Music Revival Movement of the United States and Canada, 1958–65

Mitchell

2006

J. Am. Stud.

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This article focusses on the concept of cultural pluralism in the North American folk music revival of the 1960s. Building on the excellent work of earlier folk revival scholars, the article looks in greater depth at the “vision of diversity” promoted by the folk revival in North America – at the ways in which this vision was constructed, at the reasons for its maintenance and at its ultimate decline and on the consequences of this for anglophone Canadian and American musicians and enthusiasts alike.

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The Suburban Worker in the History of Labor

Harris

2003

Int. Lab. & Work. Hist.

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In the United States, Canada, Australia, and even Britain there is a long and broad history of suburban working-class settlement. Conditions have improved and changed. Suburban workers once lived at the frontier margin of the urban economy; after 1945, occupying more standardized and financially leveraged subdivisions, they became part of its consumer apotheosis. Many writers have assumed that suburban residence rendered workers passive, but have couched their arguments in terms of long-term consequences, neglecting to weigh the immediate intentions of workers and their families. By acquiring homes in suburban communities, workers sought greater autonomy and control, similar to the goals that guided their actions in the workplace and the political arena. Indeed, the desire to own suburban homes has been expressed more strongly by the manual working class than by any other major group. The significance of the suburban worker remains unclear, and may most usefully be addressed within the framework of comparative research at the urban and national scales.

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Home Dreams: Women and the Suburban Experiment in Canada, 1945–60

Cited by 44 publications

References 20 publications

Reading Chatelaine: Dr. Marion Hilliard and 1950s Women’s Health Advice

Reading Chatelaine: Dr. Marion Hilliard and 1950s Women’s Health Advice

Visions of Diversity: Cultural Pluralism and the Nation in the Folk Music Revival Movement of the United States and Canada, 1958–65

The Suburban Worker in the History of Labor

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