 | The Stairway Subjects: Chown Alice A. (Alice Amelia) 1866–1949 -- Diaries; Feminists -- Canada -- Biography; Radicals -- Canada -- Biography; Pacifists -- Canada -- Biography; First published in 1921, and for many years out of print, The Stairway is one of Canada's early feminist classics. It tells of an extraordinary life: suffragist, settlement worker, peace activist, journalist, labour activist, college teacher, and itinerant catalyst for social change. Chown Alice : Alice A. Chown (1866-1949) was a Canadian feminist, pacifist, socialist and author. She is best known for her 1921 book The Stairway in which she recounts her life and growing freedom after 1906. Chown Diana :Diana Chown is the great-great niece of the author. She lives in Edmonton. |
