Practical Idealism: Women in Urban Reform, Julia Drummond and the Montreal Parks and Playgrounds Association

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Practical Idealism: Women in Urban Reform, Julia Drummond and the Montreal Parks and Playgrounds Association
Abstract
The Montreal Parks and Playgrounds Association was founded in 1902 and incorporated in 1904 to preserve and promote parks, playgrounds and open spaces. The authors argue that the Montreal Parks and Playgrounds Association began as an upper middle-class women's urban reform protest movement.
Book Title
Life Spaces: Gender, Household, Employment
Place
Vancouver, BC
Publisher
The University of British Columbia Press
Date
1988
Pages
65-80
Language
en
ISBN
0-7748-0295-2
Citation
Wolfe, Jeanne M., and Grace Strachan. “Practical Idealism: Women in Urban Reform, Julia Drummond and the Montreal Parks and Playgrounds Association.” In Life Spaces: Gender, Household, Employment, edited by Caroline Andrew and Beth Moore Milroy, 65–80. Vancouver, BC: The University of British Columbia Press, 1988.
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