Description
Winner of the 2020 Ontario Historical Society Alison Prentice Award - Finalist for the 2020 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize in Nonfiction
A memoir from the first female cadet admitted to the Royal Military College of Canada.
Kate Armstrong was an ordinary young woman eager to leave an abusive childhood behind her when she became the first female cadet admitted to the Royal Military College of Canada. As she struggled for survival in the ultimate boys' club, she called on her fierce and humourous spirit to push back against the whims of a domineering and patriarchal organization. Later in life, feeling unfulfilled in her post-military career, she realized that finding her true path forward meant she had to go back to the beginning and revisit the truth of what she had experienced all those years ago.
"Incredibly engaging and moving. Armstrong deftly handles the tough and challenging moments (and there are many) as well as humorous ones. Great read from beginning-to-end." -- Timothy Caulfield, author of The Cure for Everything
Author: Kate Armstrong
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Published: 03/26/2019
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9781459744059
ISBN10: 1459744055
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Military
- History | Military | Canada
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
A memoir from the first female cadet admitted to the Royal Military College of Canada.
Kate Armstrong was an ordinary young woman eager to leave an abusive childhood behind her when she became the first female cadet admitted to the Royal Military College of Canada. As she struggled for survival in the ultimate boys' club, she called on her fierce and humourous spirit to push back against the whims of a domineering and patriarchal organization. Later in life, feeling unfulfilled in her post-military career, she realized that finding her true path forward meant she had to go back to the beginning and revisit the truth of what she had experienced all those years ago.
"Incredibly engaging and moving. Armstrong deftly handles the tough and challenging moments (and there are many) as well as humorous ones. Great read from beginning-to-end." -- Timothy Caulfield, author of The Cure for Everything
Author: Kate Armstrong
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Published: 03/26/2019
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9781459744059
ISBN10: 1459744055
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Military
- History | Military | Canada
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
About the Author
Kate Armstrong worked as a military officer and an electricity trader before realizing her dream was to be a writer. She lives in Nelson, B.C.