The Iowa Homemaker vol.39A, no.1

Follow an Oriental Formula, Marty Keeney, page 4 Planning + Imagination = Shower Success, Mary Jacobs Jensen, page 5 Gridiron Greats, Gail Devens, page 6 About Discount Houses, Carol Shellenbarger, page 7 Hem Yourself a Harem, Marcena Christian, page 8 Facial Focus, Marilyn Bratten, page 10 Does Your Equipment Measure Up?, Helen Rank, page 11 What’s Going On?, page 12 Inside Story, page 1

The Iowa Homemaker vol.39, no.2

It’s Your Wedding, “Simply” Beautiful, Barbara Culver Van Sittert, page 3 Talk Shop With the Printer, Carol Armstrong, page 4 Hearts and Flowers, Donna Read and Gail Devens, page 5 How Much for How Little?, Mary Jean Stoddard, page 6 Today’s Bride Is “Headed” for Happiness, Pat Rigler, page 7 “You Can’t Bring It With You!”, Martha Keeney, page 8 What About This Money Matter?, Jane Furman, page 9 And Now He’s A Groom, Marlys Hedelund, page 10 What’s Going On, page 1

Franchises lost and gained: post-coloniality and the development of women’s rights in Canada

The Canadian constitution is to some extent characterised by its focus on equality, and in particular gender equality. This development of women’s rights in Canada and the greater engagement of women as political actors is often presented as a steady linear process, moving forwards from post-enlightenment modernity. This article seeks to disturb this ‘discourse of the continuous,’ by using an analysis of the pre-confederation history of suffrage in Canada to both refute a simplistic linear view of women’s rights development and to argue for recognition of the Indigenous contribution to the history of women’s rights in Canada. The gain of franchise and suffrage movements in Canada in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century are, rightly, the focus of considerable study (Pauker 2015), This article takes an alternative perspective. Instead, it examines the exercise of earlier franchises in pre-confederation Canada. In particular it analyses why franchise was exercised more widely in Lower Canada and relates this to the context of the removal of franchises from women prior to confederation

Countering colonization: Native American women and Great Lakes missions, 1630-1900

With Countering Colonization , Carol Devens offers a well-documented, revisionary history of Native American women. From the time of early Jesuit missionaries to the late nineteenth century, Devens brings Ojibwa, Cree, and Montagnais-Naskapi women of the Upper Great Lakes region to the fore. Far from being passive observers without regard for status and autonomy, these women were pivotal in their own communities and active in shaping the encounter between Native American and white civilizations.While women's voices have been silenced in most accounts, their actions preserved in missionary letters and reports indicate the vital part women played during centuries of conflict. In contrast to some Indian men who accepted the missionaries' religious and secular teachings as useful tools for dealing with whites, many Indian women felt a strong threat to their ways of life and beliefs. Women endured torture and hardship, and even torched missionaries' homes in an attempt to reassert control over their lives. Devens demonstrates that gender conflicts in Native American communities, which anthropologists considered to be "aboriginal," resulted in large part from women's and men's divergence over the acceptance of missionaries and their message.This book's perspective is unique in its focus on Native American women who acted to preserve their culture. In acknowledging these women as historically significant actors, Devens has written a work for every scholar and student seeking a more inclusive understanding of the North American past

The Iowa Homemaker vol.39A, no.1

Follow an Oriental Formula, Marty Keeney, page 4 Planning + Imagination = Shower Success, Mary Jacobs Jensen, page 5 Gridiron Greats, Gail Devens, page 6 About Discount Houses, Carol Shellenbarger, page 7 Hem Yourself a Harem, Marcena Christian, page 8 Facial Focus, Marilyn Bratten, page 10 Does Your Equipment Measure Up?, Helen Rank, page 11 What’s Going On?, page 12 Inside Story, page 14</p

The Iowa Homemaker vol.39, no.2

It’s Your Wedding, “Simply” Beautiful, Barbara Culver Van Sittert, page 3 Talk Shop With the Printer, Carol Armstrong, page 4 Hearts and Flowers, Donna Read and Gail Devens, page 5 How Much for How Little?, Mary Jean Stoddard, page 6 Today’s Bride Is “Headed” for Happiness, Pat Rigler, page 7 “You Can’t Bring It With You!”, Martha Keeney, page 8 What About This Money Matter?, Jane Furman, page 9 And Now He’s A Groom, Marlys Hedelund, page 10 What’s Going On, page 16</p