Audrey-Beth Fitch graduated with a BA in History from the University of Toronto in 1986, a BEd from the University of Calgary in 1987 and a PhD from the University of Glasgow in 1997. She was Associate Professor of History at the California University of Pennsylvania, and Director of Studies there from 2003 until her death in 2005. The Audrey-Beth Fitch Women's Studies Conference is named in her memory. Editorial work to bring this book to publication has been carried out by Professor Elizabeth Ewan, University of Guelph.