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Jane Rule
Herizons 25th Anniversary IssueLEAD STORY: Indecent Acts and Everyday Rebellions This interview first appeared in the Fall 1992 issue of Herizons. ______________________________________________________________ July 18, 1991 was one of the hottest days of the year. But when Gwen Jacob, a student at the University of Guelph, took off her shirt, the police charged her under the Criminal Code of Canada, Section 173.1(a), for committing an indecent act. In January 1992, Jacob was convicted, the first decision of its kind in Canada. She appealed the conviction. 
Jane Rules: Reflections on Living and on LovingJane Rule was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, on March 28, 1931. After spending time in England, she moved to Canada in 1956 to teach at the University of British Columbia. 
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