In this investigation of the life and varied careers of True Davidson, Eleanor Darke seeks to discover what can be "truly said about True" – a fascinating and contradictory woman who was always ahead of her time.
"There was no quitter in her make-up and she fought like a banshee for whatever she believed in – which was people, truth, Canada. People either loved her or loathed her. None was indifferent. All her life True Davidson stood for human values. And traditions. Her courage and integrity knew no limit. She didn’t make a cent from politics and scrimped and saved to make ends meet. She overflowed with opinions, ideas, even prejudices. She was as straight as they come."
– The Toronto Sun
"Opponents characterized her sometimes as arrogant and selfish, but she devoted her whole life to her wide interests in history, civic affairs and conservation and to her constituents. She never had an unlisted telephone number."
– The Globe and Mail
"Flamboyant but never frivolous, cutting but never cruel, True Davidson enlivened municipal politics during her long tenure in office. She bears … emulating by any woman with political ambitions."
– The Toronto Star
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 971.3/541
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 21
- General Note
- Originally published: Toronto [Ont.] : Natural Heritage/Natural History, c1997 Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn-on
- ISBN
- 1896219349 9781554881154
- LCCN
- F1054.5.E17
- LCCN Item number
- D37 1997eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaBNVSL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (181 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)thg00603211 (OCoLC)287619653 (CaOOCEL)410580
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaBNVSL
Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Introduction 10
- 1 A Child of Canada 12
- 2 The Dent Years 1926–1930 29
- 3 A Struggling Writer 1930–1931 39
- 4 Working for Perkins Bull 1931–1938 46
- 5 Tragedy and the Streetsville Years 1938–1947 56
- 6 Beginning a New Life in East York 1947–1958 63
- 7 The Ghost and Miss Davidson 1958–1962 78
- 8 Metro Council and the Fight Against Amalgamation 1962–1966 94
- 9 A Woman in Politics 105
- 10 Mayor of East York 1967–1969 116
- 11 The Grandmother of East York 1969–1972 133
- 12 An Elder of the Tribe 1972–1978 146
- Epilogue 160
- Sources 163
- Notes 165
- Index 181
- A 181
- B 181
- C 181
- D 182
- E 183
- F 183
- G 183
- H 183
- I 184
- J 184
- K 184
- L 184
- M 184
- N 185
- O 185
- P 185
- Q 186
- R 186
- S 186
- T 187
- U 187
- V 187
- W 188
- Y 188
