Penney Kome

Penney Kome, Canadian author and journalist, editor of Straight Goods, Canada's leading independent online newsmagazine. Born in Chicago in 1948, immigrated to Canada in 1968. Published six books: Somebody Has To Do It: Whose Work Is Housework? (McClelland & Stewart, 1982); The Taking of Twenty-Eight: Women Challenge the Constitution (Women's Press, 1983); Women of Influence: Canadian Women and Politics (Doubleday Canada, 1985); Peace: a Dream Unfolding (lavishly illustrated coffee table book, co-edited with Patrick Crean; published by Sierra Club Books in the US and Lester & Orpen, Dennys in Canada, 1986); Every Voice Counts: A Canadian Woman's Guide to Initiating Political Action (Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women, 1989); and Wounded Workers: The Politics of Musculoskeletal Injuries (University of Toronto Press, 1998). Former President of the Bain Apartment Co-operative, Inc and former National Chair of The Writers Union of Canada. Awards include the Toronto Women of Distinction Award for Communications (1987) and the Robertine Barry Prize for Feminist Journalism (1984).