Travels and identities
لتكبير النص لتصغير النص- كتاب
Elizabeth Smith Shortt was one of the first three women to obtain a medical degree in Canada, and her husband, Adam Shortt, enjoyed a successful career as a professor of politics and economics at Queen's University in Kingston. In 1908 Adam Shortt relocated his family to Ottawa to take up a commission to oversee civil service reform under Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier. There he convinced his superiors that an onsite investigation of four European countries would expedite his effort to improve Canada's bureaucracy, and in June 1911 he and Elizabeth embarked on their trip. This book chronicles their Atlantic crossing and extended visit to England, as well as trips to Switzerland, Austria, Germany, and the Netherlands.The Shortts were generally pleased with England and its values, but Elizabeth was sharply critical of the behaviour of British nurses. Her diaries and letters, here reprinted, critiqued the lands and peoples she visited in Europe. Leading foreign feminists such as Lady Chichester and Mrs. Maud of the Mothers' Union in England sought her advice, as did Alice Salomon in Germany, the corresponding secretary of the International Council of Women. The diaries and letters presented in this volume reveal the multifaceted nature of Adam and Elizabeth Shortt, from public figures to difficult employers to a couple who couldn't help but live beyond their means. Peter E. Paul Dembski's introduction paints a picture of a couple who lived as moderate liberals with occasional conservative or radical views, and who blended science and an adherence to Protestant Christianity into their thinking. Their travel experiences, during a period of building political upheaval, provide a valuable snapshot of pre-First World War European society and culture.
العنوان |
Travels and identities : Elizabeth and Adam Shortt in Europe, 1911 / edited with commentary by Peter E. Paul Dembski. |
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الناشر |
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada : Wilfrid Laurier University Press |
تاريخ الإصدار |
2017 |
ملاحظات |
Includes bibliographical references. |
سلسلة |
Life Writing Series |
الشكل |
1 online resource (295 pages) : illustrations. |
اللغة |
الانكليزية |
تأريخ حقوق الملكية الفكرية |
2017 |
رقم النظام |
997010701843905171 |
MARC RECORDS
وسوم
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical.
- Europe Description and travel.
- nne Europe Description and travel To 1600
- nne Europe Description and travel 17th century
- nne Europe Description and travel 17th-18th centuries
- nne Europe Description and travel 18th century
- nne Europe Description and travel 1800-1918
- nne Europe Description and travel 1919-1944
- nne Europe Description and travel 1945-1970
- nne Europe Description and travel 1971-
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