Saints and sanitarians : the role of women's voluntary agencies in the development of Winnipeg's public health system, 1882-1945

This thesis argues that gender shaped the roles available to the men and women who created Winnipeg's public health system between 1882 and the 1940s. Before the First World War, Winnipeg's male-dominated health department focussed almost exclusively on sanitation and regulation. At the sa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McKay, Marion Lynne Clark.
Published: 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/7917