Canada as seen through the Eyes of New Brunswick Editorial Cartoonists:
The Insight and Humour of Josh Beutel and Bill Hogan
Preface |
Introduction |
Editorial Cartoon Database |
Classroom Activities
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Josh Beutel, Telegraph Journal, 1979-2-6
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Reference number: MC2806-49
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Scope and Content
Controversy over women in the Canadian military is depicted by Minister of National Defence Barney Danson about to be confronted by a woman in Canadian military uniform armed with a rolling pin.
Title
Danson In Combat
Caption
"The public isn't ready for women in combat roles."
Persons
Barney Danson
- Born Barnett Jerome Danson, February 8, 1921
- Liberal
- Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, 1970 to 1974
- Appointed to the Cabinet as Minister of State for urban affairs, 1974
- Minister of National Defence, 1976 to 1979
- Former chairman of the advisory committee of the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa
- Produced No Price Too High, a six-part series televised on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation-TV on Canada's role in World War II
- Published autobiography, Not Bad for a Sergeant: The Memoirs of Barney Danson, in 2002
- Made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1996 and in 2000, was awarded the Vimy Award.