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BIOGRAPHYCANADIANHISTORYQUEBECHISTORYCANADIANHISTORYRoseHendersonAWomanforthePeoplePeterCampbellFeminismandthepoliticalleftcometolifeinthisaccountofanimportantearlytwentieth-centurysocialactivist.newinpaperTheOctoberCrisis1970AnInsiderx19sViewWilliamTetleyx1cTetleyaddressesimportantquestionscorrectswidelybelievedfactualerrorsandsuccessfullydeconstructseventsfromasideoftheconflictseldomwrittenaboutbypopularhistorians.x1dx13Canadax19sHistorySPECIFICATIONSJanuary2011978-0-7735-3764-444.95ACDN44.95SUS35.00cloth6x9392ppSPECIFICATIONSOctober2010978-0-7735-3801-627.95TCDN27.95AUS18.99paper6x9376ppThepoliticalmovementsandsocialcausesoftheturbulent1920sand30sarebroughttolifeinthisstudyoftheworkandtimesoffeministsocialistandpeaceactivistRoseHenderson1871x131937.HercommitmenttosocialjusticeledtofrequentmonitoringandrepressionbytheauthoritiesbuthercontributionstoactivistthoughtcontinuetoposechallengesforinterpretationsofthehistoryofCanadaleftismlabourandwomen.IntherstbiographyofHendersonPeterCampbellprovidesabroadervisionanddeeperanalysisoftheperioddrawingtogetherthehistoryoflabourandofwomenx19smovementsinFrenchandEnglishCanadaaswellastheriseoftheCooperativeCom-monwealthFederationanditsrelationshipwiththeCommunistParty.Throughanaly-sisofHendersonx19sground-breakingideologyCampbellshowsthatintheinterwaryearssheandhercomradesdevelopedadistinctivefeminismthatdiffersfromthatoftherstandsecondwavesoffeministthought.AfreshlookattheturmoiloftheearlytwentiethcenturyfromaneyeinthestormRoseHendersonAWomanforthePeoplebringswell-deservedattentiontoaninuen-tialfeministandleftist.PeterCampbellisanadjunctprofessorintheDepartmentofHistoryatQueenx19sUniversityandtheauthorofCanadianMarxistsandtheSearchforaThirdWay.FortyyearsagoinOctober1970RobertBourassax19sprovincialgovernmentrefusedtoexchangetwenty-threeFLQterroristsforpoliticalhostages.Bytheeveningof15Octo-ber3000outragedQuebecersappearedpoisedtoriot.Fearinginsurrectionthefeder-algovernmentimplementedtheWarMeasuresActandjailed497people.MostCanadianhistorianscitethiseventasanunjustiedassaultoncivilrightsandpoliticallibertyx13TheOctoberCrisis1970challengesthisassumption.WilliamTet-leythenaministerinBourassax19scabinetbreaksthegovernmentx19ssilenceabouttheeventandwithmeticulousreferencetonowavailabledocumentationandpassagesfromhisown1970diaryrevealsdetailsofthegovernmentx19sdecision-makingprocess.HealsopointsoutfactsthatmosthistoricalinterpretationsglossoverforinstanceallbutsixtyofthoseapprehendedweresoonreleasednotawindowwasbrokenandthecalmthatdescendedonQuebecandCanadahaslastedforfourdecades.WilliamTetleynowprofessorofinternationallawMcGillUniversitywasservingasaministerinRobertBourassax19scabinetwhentheOctoberCrisisbrokeout.x1cWilliamTetleyhaswrittenavaluableaccountofthisbizarrechapterinourhistory.Hehasdrawnonnewdocumentarysourcesjournalisticreportsandhisownpoliticalconversa-tionsanddiaries.Tetleyx19sisthemostcompleterecordwehaveofthisturbulentperiodanditismeticulouslyresearchedartfullywrittenandthoroughlypolemical.x1dx13UniversityofTorontoQuarterly