Send us a textTo learn more, please visit the website for Dr. Suzanne Evans.Show Notes:0:00 Suzanne Evans’ hope for the legacy she is creating to tell and compel more women’s stories1:35 Evans’ degree in philopshy lead to teaching English in China2:30 Evans’ writing themes are women in Canada and women in war and religion2:40 Canadian International Development Agency to organize educational briefings for Canadians going to work overseas4:00 PhD in religious studies4:40 martyrdom5:20 Palestinian mother/martyr6:00 Mothers of Heroes, Mothers of Martyrs: WWI and the Politics of Grief7:00 Silver Cross mother and its development 8:00 how soldiers of war were presented in the media 8:20 post-doctoral fellowship at the Canadian War Museum to study stories of Canadian women and war9:40 diary of WWI masseuse 10:00 study of physio-therapist in WWI and WWII11:40 occupational therapy, including basketweaving, for wounded WWI veterans12:30 Changi quilts made in Singapore’s Changi jail overtaken by Japanese13:15 Ethel Mulvany’s Starving Prisoners of War Cookbook14:45 research for The Taste of Longing: Ethel Mulvany and Her Starving Prisoners of War Cookbook22:20 couple housed by Mulvany 24:15 Museum on Manitoulin Island 27:45 Mulvany’s suffering from bipolar disorder28:45 how women’s stories from the war have been downgraded32:00 recommended reading: Freddy Bloom’s Dear Philip: A Diary of Captivity, Changi, 1942-4532:35 Mary Thomas’ In the Shadow of the Rising Sun32:35 P.C. B. Newington’s Good Food33:45 record-keeping from the WWII era36:00 treatment of Mulvany for her mental illness 37:00 electric shock therapy without sedatives37:20 insulin therapy treatment in India38:15 War Claims Commission’s medical records for Mulvany40:00 virtual feasts for book launch during pandemic43:15 use of propaganda in WWI and WWII45:40 upcoming cookbook project 46:10 Five Roses Enriched Floor Cookbook 49:00 Evans’ definition of justice 50:00 Walter Allward's statue of justice52:45 Per Allward: "Through truth and justice, war might cease and peace would descend over the earth."53:20 Persons case in 1928 - Canada’s Supreme Court denied women could be deemed “persons”; overturned by Judicial Privy Counsel 54:25 “justice is shifting in our time…I don’t want my justice to be blindfolded; I want her to be far sighted so that she can see change and adapt.”Please share your comments and/or questions at [email protected] by Toulme.To hear more episodes, please visit Warfare of Art and Law podcast's website.To leave questions or comments about this or other episodes of the podcast and/or for information about joining the 2ND Saturday discussion on art, culture and justice, please message me at [email protected]. Thanks so much for listening!© Stephanie Drawdy [2025]

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