Rethinking Canada: The Promise of Women's History. 3rd ed.

Valerie J. Korinek is a professor of history at the University of
Saskatchewan.

The most recent edition of Rethinking Canada bespeaks the strength,
diversity, and growth of the Canadian women’s history field. Of the 27
essays, whose topics range from aboriginal–white relations in the
early contact era to the women’s movement in Canada today, only three
are carried over from the first edition.

Articles devoted to race, sexuality (both hetero- and homo-), and
region challenge conventional assumptions about women’s roles, as do
discussions of feminism, industrialization, and modernization and their
impact on women. Each article is prefaced with a historiographical essay
that provides students with critical background information, a basic
grounding in the theoretical issues underpinning the article, and
suggestions for further reading.

This accessible, engaging, and challenging anthology is recommended as
an introductory reader for first- or second-year courses in Canadian
women’s history.