Cold War Comforts: Canadian Women, Child Safety, and Global Insecurity

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This book has been published with the help of a grant from the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, through the Aid to Scholarly Publications Programme, using funds provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Wilfrid Laurier University Press acknowledges the inancial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund for our publishing activities. Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Brookield, Tarah Cold War comforts : Canadian women, child safety, and global insecurity / Tarah Brookield. (Studies in childhood and family in Canada) Includes bibliographical references and index. Issued also in electronic format. ISBN 978-1-55458-623-3 1. Cold War. 2. Women—Political activity—Canada—History—20th century. 3. Cold War— Social aspects—Canada. 4. Children—Legal status, laws, etc.—Canada—History— 20th century. 5. Children—Legal status, laws, etc.—History—20th century. I. Title. II. Series: Studies in childhood and family in Canada FC613.C64B76 2012 971.063 C2011-907615-2 Electronic monograph in PDF format. Issued also in print format. ISBN 978-1-55458-635-6 1. Cold War. 2. Women—Political activity—Canada—History—20th century. 3. Cold War— Social aspects—Canada. 4. Children—Legal status, laws, etc.—Canada—History—20th century. 5. Children—Legal status, laws, etc.—History—20th century. I. Title. II. Series: Studies in childhood and family in Canada (Online) FC613.C64B76 2012 971.063 C2011-907616-0© 2012 Wilfrid Laurier University Press Waterloo, Ontario, Canada www.wlupress.wlu.ca Cover design by Martyn Schmoll. Front-cover image by iStockphoto; inset photo by Associated Press. Text design by Catherine Bonas-Taylor. This book is printed on FSC recycled paper and is certiied Ecologo. It is made from 100% postconsumer ibre, processed chlorine free, and manufactured using biogas energy. Printed in Canada Every reasonable effort has been made to acquire permission for copyright material used in this text, and to acknowledge all such indebtedness accurately. Any errors and omissions called to the publisher’s attention will be corrected in future printings. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior written consent of the publisher or a licence from the Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright). For an Access Copyright licence, visit http://www.accesscopyright.ca or call toll free to 1-800-893-5777. ...