A Great Restlessness: The Life and Times of Dorise Nielsen by Faith Johnston - 2006-10-30

University of Manitoba , 2006 xi, 361 pp. Biography of "a pioneering feminist, a radical politician, the first Communist elected to canada's House of Commons, and the only woman elected in 1940." 16 pages of b&w photos. Firstfew pages lightly creased near bottom corner, otherwise a bright clean copy.

Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 2006. First edition. Paperback. Very Good +. 361 p. TP; incl. index, notes, bibliography. VG+. Signed by Author on title page. "Dorise Nielsen was a pioneering feminist, a radical politician, the first Communist elected to Canada's House of Commons, and the only woman elected in 1940." Faith Johnston "Illuminates the life of a woman who paved the way for a generation of women in politics".

Winnipeg: University of Manitoba, 2006. First edition. paperback. very good/no dustjacket. 8vo. pp.361

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Winnipeg, Mb: University of Manitoba Press [0-88755-690-6] 2006. (Mass market paperback) 354pp. Very good. 8vo. Advanced Reading Copy. Dorise Nielson was a feminist, a radical thinker and politician, the first Communist elected to the House of Commons, the only woman elected in 1940 and paved the way for a generation of women in politics in Canada. All this, yet prior to this book, little has been known about her..

Winnipeg, Manitoba: University of Manitoba Press, 2006. Softcover. pp. 361. 8vo. Black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations. Bright, clean, and unmarked. Appears unread; as new. SIGNED, and inscribed in ink by the author to the title page. "Dorise Nielsen was a pioneering feminist, a radical politician, the first Communist elected to Canadaís House of Commons, and the only woman elected in 1940. But despite her remarkable career, until now little has been known about her.From her youth in London during World War I to her burial in 1980 in a heroís cemetery in China, Nielsen lived through tumultuous times. Struggling through the Great Depression as a homesteaderís wife in rural Saskatchewan, Nielsen rebelled against the poverty and injustice that surrounded her, and found like-minded activists in the CCF and the Communist Party of Canada. In 1940 when leaders of the Communist Party were either interned or underground, Nielsen became their voice in Parliament. But her activism came at a… Read More

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Winnipeg, MB: University of Manitoba Press, 2006. No Edition Stated, Presumed 1st . Soft cover. As New/No Jacket. 9" X 6 . From her youth in London during WW I to her 1980 burial in a hero's cemetery in China, Dorise Nielsen was a " pioneering feminist" who was the first Communist elected as an MP and the only woman elected as an MP in 1940. 312 pp. plus: Endnotes, Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with b/w photographs. 361 pp. in toto. INSCRIPTION: I hope you enjoy this tale - which ends in China. Faith N. Johnston SIGNED by author. Bookseller's Inventory # 172855.