Jeanne Corbin typifies the female militants of the first generation of Canadian Communists. Andrie Livesque's powerful account of the experiences of Corbin and her female comrades reveals the essential role women played in the movement. Livesque also shows that, despite some efforts to construct egalitarian gender relations, these women subordinated gender issues to the class struggle. Corbin's "red itinerary" began when she joined the Young Communist League in Edmonton. She later held party posts across the country through her involvement with The Worker in Toronto, a French communist paper...