Book
Pioneer and gentlewomen of British North America, 1713-1867
Record details
- ISBN: 0919940153 :
- ISBN: 9780919940154 :
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Physical Description:
iv, 245 p. : ill ; 24 cm.
print - Publisher: Toronto : New Hogtown Press, [c1980]
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Bibliography: p. [231]-237. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 1. Childhood and growing up. Growing up in rural communities ; Urban and upper-class perspectives -- 2. Lives of young and single women. Household service ; Employment outside the household ; Reflecting on life -- 3. Education. Home education ; Girls' schools ; Coeducation -- 4. Courtship and marriage. Courtship ; Practical side of marriage ; Marriage and the community ; Between the spouses -- 5. Work of wives. Childbirth ; Motherhood ; Contributing to the household economy -- 6. Separation, widowhood, and old age. Separation ; Widowhood ; Middle and old age -- 7. Beyond the household: women in public life. Religion and charity ; Politics ; Employment in the public square -- 8. Regulating the roles and status of women. The law ; Community pressure: regulation and exclusion ; Public opinion: advice, literature, and satire. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| VIU Library - Nanaimo Campus | HQ 1453 P555 (Text) | M000724997 | STACKS | Volume hold | Available | - |
