No Place to Go: Local Histories of the Battered Women's Shelter Movement

by Nancy Janovicek

The first history of the battered women's shelter movement in Canada, No Place to Go traces the development of transition houses and services for abused women and the campaign that made wife battering a political issue. Nancy Janovicek focuses on women's groups in small cities and rural communities, examining anti-violence activism in Thunder Bay, Kenora, Nelson, and Moncton. She also pays close attention to Aboriginal women in northwestern Ontario,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774814225
• ISBN13: 9780774814225
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.