"We were having conversations that weren't comfortable for anybody, but we were feisty" : re-conceiving student activism against reproductive oppression in Calgary and Lethbridge during the 1960s and 1970s

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dc.contributor.authorPatton, Karissa
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorWilliams, Carol
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-30T01:34:35Z
dc.date.available2015-10-30T01:34:35Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines student activism against reproductive oppression in Calgary and Lethbridge during the 1960s and 1970s. The purpose is to highlight the strong and multi-facetted character of student activists’ fight against reproductive oppression, including issues of sexuality and marriage, birth control, (hetero)sexual liberation, reproductive rights, women’s health, and daycare. Using reproductive justice as an analytic lens, relevant articles published in student newspapers from the University of Calgary, the University of Lethbridge, Mount Royal Junior College, and Lethbridge Junior College are used as sources in addition to eight in-depth, semi-structured oral history interviews conducted with five narrators. My research revises conventional perspectives on student activism in Canada during these decades to determine student activism as intergenerational and multi-facetted. Additionally, my thesis challenges the representations and perceptions of Alberta as religiously, politically, and socially conservative emphasizing the significance of student activism that existed and thrived in the province during this era.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipPartly funded by the SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarshipsen_US
dc.embargoNoen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/3775
dc.language.isoen_CAen_US
dc.proquest.subject0733en_US
dc.proquest.subject0334en_US
dc.proquest.subject0578en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Historyen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Historyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectreproductive rightsen_US
dc.subjectactivisimen_US
dc.subjectstudentsen_US
dc.subjectgenderen_US
dc.subjectreproductive justiceen_US
dc.subjectreproductive oppressionen_US
dc.subjectCalgaryen_US
dc.subjectLethbridgeen_US
dc.subjectAlbertaen_US
dc.subject1960sen_US
dc.subject1970sen_US
dc.subjectbirth controlen_US
dc.subjectabortionen_US
dc.subjectdaycareen_US
dc.subjectsexual liberationen_US
dc.subjectgenerationen_US
dc.subjectintergenerationen_US
dc.title"We were having conversations that weren't comfortable for anybody, but we were feisty" : re-conceiving student activism against reproductive oppression in Calgary and Lethbridge during the 1960s and 1970sen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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