Freeman Barbara M 1947

The satellite sex : the media and women's issues in English Canada, 1966-1971 / Media and women's issues in English Canada, 1966-1971 Barbara M. Freeman. - Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2001. - xv, 347 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. "Democracy," "Equal Opportunities" and "Merit": Selling Women's Issues to the Media -- 2. "Top Perch Out for Newshens": Journalistic "Objectivity" on Trial -- 3. "Ladies Reminded They're Women": Framing Feminine/Feminist -- 4. "Accept Us as Individuals in Our Own Right": News of "Equality" -- 5. "Please Don't Price Me Out of My Status!" The Media and "Conflict" in the "Marital Status" Debate -- 6. "Why the Hell Can't We Provide Daycare?" The Media and the "Working Mother" -- 7. "Nobody's Going to Tell Me Whether I'll Have a Baby": The Language of "Freedom of Choice" -- 8. "North or South, It's All the Same": The Media and Aboriginal Women -- 9. "Too Little ... Too Late": The Coverage of the Commission's Report, 1970.

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Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada--Press coverage


Women--Press coverage--History--Canada--20th century
Feminism in mass media

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