| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 375 pages) : illustrations, map, portraits |
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CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection
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| Contents |
Contents -- Maps and Illustrations -- Preface -- 1 Prologue: The Howling Wilderness and Fruitful Fields -- PART ONE: AROUND THE DOMESTIC HEARTH: WIVES AND MOTHERS AND REPRODUCTION IN UPPER CANADA -- 2 The Most Important Crisis: Marriage in Upper Canada -- 3 A Fountain of Life to Her Children: Mothering in Upper Canada -- PART TWO: WOMAN IS A BIT OF A SLAVE IN THIS COUNTRY: THE HOUSEWIFE AND HER HELP -- 4 Prime Minister of the House: Colonial Housekeepers -- 5 The Ordinary Sort of Canadian Servant: Helping and the Neighbour's Girl |
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PART THREE: A SENSE OF DECORUM AND SERVICE: THE WORLD OF THE COLONIAL ARISTOCRACY6 No End to the Wants: Living and Working in the Big House -- 7 Social Obligations and Angelic Ministrations: Society Matrons and Crusading Ladies -- PART FOUR: BEYOND THE BOUNDS OF DOMESTICITY: SURROGATE HUSBANDS AND INDEPENDENT BUSINESS WOMEN -- 8 Requesting Their Patronage: Milliners, Mantuamakers, and Wage-earning Women in Upper Canada -- 9 Ladies' Academies and Seminaries of Respectability: Training Good Women of Upper Canada -- 10 Epilogue |
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Appendix One: Patterns of Women's Part-time EmploymentAppendix Two: Women in the Needle Trades in York, Upper Canada -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Y |
| Summary |
"Jane Errington argues that the role of Upper Canadian women in the overall economy of the early colonial period has been greatly undervalued by contemporary historians, and illustrates how the work they did, particularly as wives and mothers, played a significant role in the development of the colony." "Errington explores evidence of a distinctive women's culture and shows that the work women did constituted a common experience shared by Upper Canadian women. Most women in Upper Canada not only experienced the uncertainties of marriage and the potential dangers of childbirth but also took part in making sure that the needs of their families were met. How women met their numerous responsibilities differed, however. Age, location, marital status, class, and society's changing expectations of women all had a direct impact on what was expected of them, what they did, and how they did it." "Considering "women's work" within the social and historical context, Errington shows that the complexity of colonial society cannot be understood unless the roles and work of women in Upper Canada are taken into account."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Women -- Ontario -- Social conditions
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Women -- Ontario -- History -- 19th century
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Women -- Employment -- Ontario -- History -- 19th century
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Feminism & Feminist Theory.
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HISTORY -- Canada -- General.
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Women
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Women -- Employment
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Women -- Social conditions
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Vrouwen.
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Arbeid.
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Ontario
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
95900482 |
| ISBN |
9780773565449 |
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0773565442 |
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1282857509 |
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9781282857506 |
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9786612857508 |
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6612857501 |
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