{"product_id":"pauline-jewett","title":"Pauline Jewett","description":"Although Judith McKenzie deals with Jewett's childhood and university years, much of this insightful story is devoted to her public life as a Member of Parliament for the federal Liberal Party and the New Democratic Party and as a university president. President of Simon Fraser University from 1974 to 1978, she was the first woman to be appointed president of a public coeducational post-secondary institution in Canada.  Jewett faced many challenges in her life, as a woman, an academic, a nationalist, and a social reformer.  With tenacity and perseverance she overcame a number of social and gender barriers in place in Canada, becoming an important role model to a generation of younger women  At the end of her life, she faced her greatest challenge - cancer - and fought this with her characteristic good humour, courage, and dignity.","brand":"McGill-Queen's University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":54228878557528,"sku":"9780773518223","price":78.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/pauline-jewett","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}