Renee Leitch

Renee Leitch, “’I Just Have Enough Here to Get By’: Motherhood, Poverty, and the Family Economy in Postwar British Columbia.”

In “’I Just Have Enough Here to Get By’: Motherhood, Poverty, and the Family Economy in Postwar British Columbia,” Renee Leitch explores the life of Jacklyn McCrae and offers a lens into the struggles and resilience of working-class women in postwar British Columbia. Leitch’s innovative use of primary sources and feminist historical methodology delivers a rich personal story set in the context of the time, highlighting the difficulties of a working-class woman struggling with poverty, using all the means at hand to survive.