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Glossary
ASL: American Sign Language
CARAL: Canadian Association for Repeal of the Abortion Law
CAW: Canadian Auto Workers
CHS: Canadian Hearing Society
IWD: International Women’s Day
LEAF: Legal Education Action Fund
LSA: League for Socialist Action
NAC: National Action Committee on the Status of Women
OCAC: Ontario Coalition for Abortion Clinics
RMG: Revolutionary Marxist Group
RWL: Revolutionary Workers League
SDS: Students for a Democratic Society
TAC: Therapeutic Abortion Committee
Notes
Prologue: Warrior Woman
Cheryl was behind him: Vicki Russell, “Henry Morgentaler attacked at abortion clinic opening,” The National, aired June 15, 1983, http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/morgentaler-attacked-at-clinic-opening.
Chapter 1: The Wall Comes Down
Dodd told the Toronto Star: Stephen Bindman, “Dodd Calls Abortion Fight Her ‘Biggest Humiliation,’” Toronto Star. Toronto, Ontario: July 13, 1989, p.1.
Chapter 5: “It Was McGill that Ruined You”
Laura Sabia speech: Judy Rebick, McGill Daily. Montreal, QC: November 6, 1964.
The charge against him was: Joy Fenston, McGill Daily. Montreal, QC: November 9, 1965.
Chapter 12: The Clinic Will Stay Open
Morris Manning’s summary to jury: Kirk Makin, “Acquitting Morgentaler Called Invitation to Anarchy,” Globe and Mail. Toronto, ON: November 3, 1984.
Chief Justice Brian Dickson wrote: “Abortion Rights: Significant Moments in Canadian History,” CBC News. Toronto, ON: January 13, 2009. Available at http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/abortion-rights-significant-moments-in-canadian-history-1.787212.
Chapter 13: Something’s Happening Here
Studies find that 19 to 28 percent: Bessel van der Kolk, MD, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (New York: Viking, 2014), p. 190.
Dissociation is the essence: Ibid.
The American Psychiatric Association defines: The American Psychiatric Association’s definition of dissociative identity disorder is available at https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/dissociative-disorders/what-are-dissociative-disorders.
Chapter 15: And Then There Were Nine
February 21, 1990: Journal entries appear exactly as they are written, including grammatical mistakes.
Chapter 16: Throwing Caution to the Wind
We barged up the stairs: Cheryl Cornacchia, “Rebel with many causes; ‘Radical’ Judy Rebick brings fire to women’s movement,” The Gazette. Montreal, QC: July 6, 1990.
The women’s movement has returned: Ibid.
Chapter 18: The Best of Times
The Toronto Star headline: David Vienneaum, “Proposed rape law’s message: No means no,” Toronto Star. Toronto, ON: November 21, 1991.
Chapter 19: The Final Confrontation
After the final conference in Vancouver: Michele Landsberg, “Women send fresh message on Constitution to smug leaders,” Toronto Star. Toronto, ON: February 21, 1992.
Index
A
Abella, Rosalie, 197–198, 241–243, 244
abortion, 56–57, 141. See also Morgentaler, Henry
fight for legalization, 9–10, 12, 143
legalization of, 2, 5, 157–158
opponents of, 2–3, 145, 155
in Quebec, 2, 178
Abortion Caravan, 116, 220
activism. See also specific groups and projects
anti-racist, 77, 82, 115, 122, 205
for employment equity, 197–198, 242
against free trade, 198, 203, 221–222
for immigrants, 117–119, 233
for peace, 54–55, 77, 110, 215, 222
for people with disabilities, 10–12, 198, 233
political, 82–83, 115–116, 122–123
pro-choice, 12, 149–150, 155, 178, 220–221
by youth, 52–55, 77, 82–83, 111, 122
Addiction Research Foundation, 111, 133–134
Afghanistan, 99–103
Agee, Philip, 123
Al Jazeera, 256
American Psychiatric Association, 170–171
American Sign Language (ASL), 10–11, 12, 133, 185
Anderson, Doris, 197, 206
anti-Semitism, 30–31, 40–41, 153, 256
anti-war movement, 54–55, 77, 110, 222
Artistic Woodwork, 117–119
B
Beaudoin, Gérald, 243
Bell Canada, 12
Benjamin, Akua, 122
Bill C-43 (An Act Respecting Abortion), 203, 220
birth control, 55, 56–57, 141
Black Panthers, 115
Black Power, 77
The Body Keeps the Score (van der Kolk), 170
Burstyn, Varda, 116, 117, 120, 198
Business Council on National Issues, 244
C
Cameron, Barbara, 229, 230, 231
Campana, Joan, 133
Campbell, Kim, 220, 234, 235, 236
Canadian Association for Repeal of the Abortion Law (CARAL), 144, 150, 155, 197
Canadian Hearing Society (CHS), 10–12, 119, 132–133, 150, 197, 232
Canadian Peace Alliance, 215, 222
Carney, Pat, 221–222
Carter, Emmett, 155
Charlottetown Accord, 241, 244–245
Charter of Rights and Freedoms, 158
Chicago Seven, 78–79
Chinese Canadian National Council, 233
Chodos, Bob, 61–62, 111
Cleveland, Gord, 168, 182–183, 214
Coalition for Employment Equity, 225
Cohen, Gerry, 48
Cohen, Marjorie, 198
Cohen, May, 48
Colley, Sue, 182–183, 214
Columbia University, 82
Committee Against Racism and Political Repression, 122
Committee to Defend the Self-Determination of Quebec, 122–123
Communists, 115, 123–124, 125. See also specific groups
Concordia University, 122
Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN), 230
Constitution of Canada
Charter of Rights and Freedoms, 158
reform attempts, 203, 207, 229, 230, 241–245
Copeland, Paul, 9
Crete, 88
Crosbie, John, 204
Crystall, Gary, 117, 118
Cuba, 133
D
Daigle, Chantal, 10, 178
d’Aquino, Thomas, 244
Day, Shelagh, 230, 233
Delaronde, Sandra, 207–208, 230, 233
de Wolff, Alice, 203–204, 214, 223
Dickson, Brian, 158
disability activism, 10–12, 198, 233
DisAbled Women’s Network (DAWN), 233
dissociation, 21–22, 159, 170. See also multiple personality disorder
Dodd, Barbara, 9–10, 11, 12–14, 164
Dodd, Liz, 10, 13–14
Douglas, Roosevelt “Rosie”, 122
Douglas, Tommy, 110
Downchild Blues Band, 169
Dresher, Honey, 52
E
Earley, Mary Two-Axe, 208
École Polytechnique (Montreal), 175–179, 203
Egan, Carolyn, 154, 157, 158
Ein Gev (Israel), 92–93
employment equity, 197–198, 225, 242
Erasmus, Reanna, 207–208
Europe, 87–89
Exodus (book/film), 89
F
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sp; Fédération des Femmes du Québec (FFQ), 229, 230
feminists, 51–52, 144, 179, 204. See also women’s movement
Fenston, Joy, 51, 52
Fernandez, Flora, 233
First Nations, 207–210, 215–216, 231
Fontaine, Phil, 207, 215
Fourth International, 123–124
Fraser, Sylvia, 201
free trade agreement, 198, 203, 221–222
Front de libération du Québec (FLQ), 53–54, 110, 115–116
Frum, Barbara, 13
G
Gallagher, Deirdre, 116
Gallaudet University, 185
Garcia, Jerry, 70
Genovese, Kitty, 84
Go, Amy, 233
Grass Roots, 9, 111–114
Grateful Dead, 69, 70–71
Greece, 88
Greenpeace, 215, 222
Greenwich Village, 78–79
Gulf War, 222
H
Harper, Elijah, 207
Hendrix, Jimi, 78
Hoffman, Abbie, 78–79
House of Commons, 220–221, 237
hypnosis, 16–18
I
immigrants, 117–119, 233
India, 103–105
International Women’s Day (IWD) Committee, 117, 143, 144, 205, 207
Iran, 98
Israel, 88–96, 254–256
J
Jefferson Airplane, 69, 70–71
Joplin, Janis, 78
The Journal (CBC), 13
K
Kanesatake, Mohawk of, 215
Klein, Johnny, 36
Krassner, Paul, 69
L
Lakeman, Lee, 234–236
Landsberg, Michele, 244
Laporte, Pierre, 110
Larkin, Jackie, 116, 233–234
Last Post, 111
League for Socialist Action (LSA), 123–124, 140–141
Leary, Timothy, 71
Legal Education Action Fund (LEAF), 234
Lemay, Marcel, 215
LSD, 65–66, 71
Lucas, Saloumé, 230
M
MacDonald, Flora, 198
MacFadden, Patrick, 53, 55, 56
MacNeil, Heather, 117
Magraw, Kristi, 18, 128, 132, 190, 191
Manning, Morris, 153–154, 156, 157
Manolson, Michael, 222–223, 224
Mao Zedong, 115
Marxism, 114–115
McCarthy, Joseph, 124
McDonnell Douglas, 129
McDougall, Barbara, 203
McGill Birth Control Handbook, 55
McGill Daily, 50–52, 53–55
McGill University, 51
McMurtry, Roy, 154
McPhedran, Marilou, 177
Meech Lake Accord, 203, 207, 229
Meir, Golda, 89–90
Meister, Joan, 233
Mergler, Donna, 257
Merry Pranksters, 70
Midnight (magazine), 73
misogyny. See women
Mohawk of Kanesatake, 215
Montreal, 59–60, 61, 124–126
Montreal Massacre, 175–179, 203
Morgentaler, Henry, 150–151, 213
legal battles, 149, 153–158, 213
opposition to, 149–150, 154–155
Toronto clinic, 1–5, 144–145, 148–149, 154–158
Morrice, Denis, 11–12, 119, 132–133, 198, 232
Mountain Girl (Carolyn Adams Garcia), 70
Mulroney, Brian, 199, 204, 206, 220–222, 234–237
and abortion law, 184, 203, 220–221
and constitutional reform, 203, 207, 230, 241, 244
and free trade, 198, 203
multiple personality disorder, 22–23, 170–171, 256–257
Murphy, Gregory, 9, 13–14
Murray, Lowell, 207
My Father’s House (Fraser), 201
N
National Action Committee on the Status of Women (NAC), 197, 198–199, 201–202, 221
and constitutional reform, 229–231
as inclusive, 205, 207–210, 232–234
Judy as president, 203–206, 207–210, 215, 232
Mulroney government and, 203, 234–237
National Day of Action for Choice, 221
New Democratic Party, 110, 116
Newfoundland and Labrador, 204
New Left, 77
New York City, 77–85
Brooklyn, 27–30, 32–37, 43
Greenwich Village, 78–79
Ng, Winnie, 233
Nureyev, Rudolf, 69–70
O
O’Driscoll, John, 9–10
Offley, Will, 117, 118–119
Ontario Coalition for Abortion Clinics (OCAC), 1–2, 10, 144–145, 149, 154–157
Ontario Court of Appeal, 155–156
Ontario Federation of Labour, 155
Ontario Interpreter Services, 10–11, 133
P
Parent, Madeleine, 230
Parks, Rosa, 90
Parti Québécois, 2, 230
Penner, Gary, 169–170
Penner, Steve, 117, 124, 125, 141
Pigpen (Ron McKernan), 70
pornography, 55
Prittie, Heather, 117
Q
Quebec, 110, 215, 243
abortion in, 2, 178
as distinct society, 122–123, 203, 229–231, 242
1995 referendum, 230–231
women’s movement in, 178, 229–230
R
racism, 80–81, 90–92, 93, 115, 122
Red Circle, 116
Revolutionary Marxist Group (RMG), 114–115, 116–119, 123–124, 219
Revolutionary Workers League (RWL), 124–126, 129, 140–141, 146
Robinson, Svend, 213
Roman Catholic Church, 155
Royal Commission on Equality in Employment, 242
Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies, 203
Rubin, Jerry, 78–79
Ruby, Clayton, 9, 12–13
Rudd, Mark, 82
S
Sabia, Laura, 51
Sacco, Johnny, 59–60
Scarborough, Norma, 150, 154, 158, 197, 199, 221
Scott, Robert, 149
Senate of Canada, 221
Settee, Priscilla, 207–209
Sholzberg, Sharon, 51
Silverstein, Marty, 45–46
Simard, Monique, 230–231, 233
Six-Day War, 89, 92
Slick, Grace, 70
Smith, Mark, 4, 20, 133–135, 137, 139–140, 159, 160, 190
Smith, Patti, 78
Socialist Workers Party, 133, 146
Spain, 87–88
Stalin, Joseph, 115
Stanford, Yvonne, 233
Student Afro Society, Columbia University, 82
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), 82–83
Student Union for Peace Action (SUPA), 55
Supreme Court of Canada, 5, 9–10, 156, 157–158, 234
Swan, Susan, 4, 50, 52, 202
T
Theobald, Ken, 21, 119–120, 129, 132, 135–136, 138
Thobani, Sunera, 233
The Three Faces of Eve (film), 171
Toronto, 30–31, 40–41, 111
Tremblay, Jean-Guy, 10
Trotskyism, 115, 140
Trudeau, Pierre, 110
Turkey, 96–98
U
Union générale des étudiants du Québec (UGEQ), 54
United Jewish Appeal, 88
; University of Toronto, 112–113
V
Vancouver Rape Relief, 235
van der Kolk, Bessel, 170
Vietnam War, 110
Villacin, Felé, 233
Voice of Women, 222
W
Wachea, 112–114
Walsh, Trish, 233
War Measures Act, 110–111
Washington (D.C.), 193–195
Weathermen, 82–83, 115
Weiner, Gerry, 204
Weiner, Marcia, 14–23, 164, 171, 180–181, 202, 225, 237, 245, 247
women. See also women’s movement
of colour, 205, 207–210
employment equity for, 197–198, 225, 242
as leaders, 116–117
oppression of, 73, 179
sexual abuse of, 16, 21–22, 83–84, 163
violence against, 175–179, 234–237
Women Against Free Trade, 198
Women’s Health Referral, 12
women’s movement, 205–210. See also feminists
in Canada, 143–144, 203, 205–206
inclusiveness of, 205, 207–210
in Quebec, 178, 229–230
Women Working with Immigrant Women, 230
workers, 129–131, 205
Wright-Parks, Carolann, 209–210, 233
Y
Yippies, 78–79
Young Lords, 115
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Judy Rebick is a well-known social justice and feminist activist, writer, journalist, educator, and speaker. She is the author of Transforming Power: From the Personal to the Political, Occupy This!, Ten Thousand Roses: The Making of a Feminist Revolution, and Imagine Democracy, and the co-author of Politically Speaking, with Kiké Roach. Founding publisher of rabble.ca, Canada’s popular independent online news and discussion site, Judy continues to blog there. She is a former president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women, Canada’s largest women’s group, and was the first CAW – Sam Gindin Chair in Social Justice and Democracy at Ryerson University. During the 1990s, she was the host of two national TV shows on CBC Newsworld and is now a frequent commentator on CBC Radio and Television. In the 1980s, she was a well-known spokesperson for the pro-choice movement during the fight to legalize abortion. She lives in Toronto.
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