7 - Helen Armstrong

Sources

Kramer, Reinhold & Tom Mitchell, When the State Trembled, University of Toronto Press: Toronto, ONT (2010).

The Notorious Mrs. Armstrong, 2001. Dir. Paula Kelly. This is available at the University of Winnipeg’s library.

Kelly, Paula. “Looking for Mrs. Armstrong”, Canada’s History Magazine.

Jones, Esyllt. Influenza 1918: Disease, Death, and Struggle in Winnipeg. University of Toronto Press: Toronto, Ontario. 2007.

Blanchard, Jim. Winnipeg’s Great War. Univeristy of Manitoba Press: Winnipeg, MB 2010.

Socknat, Thomas. Conscientious Objectors in the Context of Canadian Peace Movements (Journal of Mennonite Studies; Vol 25, 2007).

Molgat, Anne. The Voice and the Women of Winnipeg. University of Ottawa, 1988).

Roberts, Barbara Ann. A Reconstructed World: A Feminist Biography of Gertrude Richardson. Buffalo: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1996.

Manitoba Labour History Series, The Winnipeg Labour Council 1894-1994: A Century of Labour, Education, Organizaiton and Agitation. 1994.

In 1917, Helen Armstrong burst onto the labour scene. A passionate and opinionated speaker, dedicated to the labour movement, she quickly became a voice for working women in Winnipeg in a time of rapid social change and growing labour movements.

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