{"product_id":"9780889222267","title":"The Fighting Days","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Fighting Days\u003c\/i\u003e is set in Winnipeg during 1910-1917. The play focuses on the life and work of Francis Marion Beynon, a Manitoba journalist and political activist. When the play opens, Francis is on her way to Winnipeg, leaving behind a sheltered and religious rural childhood. Soon after she arrives she meets Nellie McClung and becomes involved in the Votes-for-Women movement. She also begins work as the women’s page editor for \u003ci\u003eThe Rural Review\u003c\/i\u003e, airing her controversial political views on the editorial page. Suddenly, Canada is involved in World War I, and the conscription crisis divides the suffragists: should all women have the vote or just Dominion-born women who are sending their husbands and sons off to battle? Should women use their votes to push for conscription or to lobby for a swift end to the war?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA play about the polarities of public and private lives, and about issues of racism and pacifism within the women’s movement, \u003ci\u003eThe Fighting Days\u003c\/i\u003e deals with timeless moral concerns. Francis Beynon, says the playwright, “gave up everything for her beliefs and one can only hope the world’s a better place for it.","brand":"Talonbooks, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033844596976,"sku":"9780889222267","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780889222267_p0.jpg?v=1763855295","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780889222267","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}