Flora macdonald politician biography books

The exceptional story of the politician Flora Isabel MacDonald, who inspired Canadian women by breaking down gender barriers in a world of men.

Flora Isabel MacDonald - politician, humanitarian, adventurer, and role model for a generation of women - was known across Canada and beyond simply as Flora. In her memoir, co-authored by award-winning journalist and author Geoffrey Stevens, she tells her personal story for the very first time.

Flora! describes her amazing journey from her childhood and her time at secretarial school in Cape Breton, through her years in backroom Progressive Conservative politics, to elected office and her appointment as Canada’s first female minister of foreign affairs. Finally, she details her exceptional humanitarian work in India and in war-torn Africa and Afghanistan. Flora was driven by a lifelong conviction that there is nothing a woman cannot achieve in a world controlled by men, and she pursued this conviction in everything she did, carving a pa

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Flora! : a woman in a man's world

Summary/Review: "Flora Isabel MacDonald - politician, humanitarian, adventurer, and role model for a generation of women - was known across Canada and beyond simply as Flora. In her memoir, co-authored by award-winning journalist and author Geoffrey Stevens, she tells her personal story for the very first time. Flora describes her amazing journey from her childhood and secretarial school in Cape Breton through her years in backroom Progressive Conservative politics, to elected office and her appointment as Canada's first female foreign minister. Finally, she details her exceptional humanitarian work in India and in war-torn Africa and Afghanistan. Flora was driven by a lifelong conviction that there is ingenting a woman cannot achieve in a world controlled by dock, and she pursued this conviction in everything she did, carving a path for women in Parliament. She won international acclaim for bringing 60,000 Vietnamese refugees to Cana

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Pretty Young Rebel: The Life of Flora Macdonald

August 4, 2023

The first time I heard about Flora MacDonald was in high school. I was learning to play the guitar and one of the songs in my practice book was "Over the Sea to Skye." (Much later it was used as the theme song for the "Outlander" TV series.)
Flora Fraser has done a terrific job in conveying Flora MacDonald's remarkable life, both in the research and writing, as well as with images from the period and detailed maps. And all in just over 200 pages! Fraser obviously, and rightfully in my opinion, regards her subject with deep admiration. I found it very inspiring to read of this heroine's intelligence and savvy, her ability to deal with adversity, and overall her courage. She funnen herself in the middle of two civil wars--the Jacobite rising of 1745 in Scotland and, after her family emigrated to the American colonies, the Revolutionary War--and on the "losing side" of both. Ultimately she returns to Scotland and is buried o