Overview
Kome was born in Chicago in 1948, immigrated to Canada in 1968.
She has 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). Wrote the "Woman's Place" column in Homemaker's Magazine (circulation about 1 million) from 1976 to 1988.
She is also the former President of the Bain Apartment Co-operative, Inc (1982–83) and former National Chair of The Writers Union of Canada (2003-2004). Awards include the Toronto Women of Distinction Award for Communications (1987) and the Robertine Barry Prize for Feminist Journalism (1984).
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