Queen of the Maple Leaf

[Queen of the Maple Leaf] is a seminal contribution to better understanding how histories of women’s bodies make for legitimate historiography of settler colonialism, truth regimes and power dynamics within Canada. ~Isabelle Leblanc, Canadian Journal of History

[Queen of the Maple Leaf ] will be of interest to all who study nation making in Canada as a process involving intersecting categories of subject positions. ~Kate Korycki, Gender, Sexuality, and Women Studies, Western Univerity, University of Toronto Quarterly

Gentile’s compelling argument and sharp analysis of a diverse set of sources provide a rich examination of oft-trivialized beauty pageants. While Gentile hardly celebrates these events, she does allow room to consider women’s (uneven) agency.

~Laila Haidarali, Journal of the History of Sexuality