| Separate Spheres |
| Women's Worlds in the 19th-Century Maritimes |
| Edited by Janet Guildford and Suzanne Morton |
A best-selling anthology of original articles about the
history of women in the Maritime Provinces.
The traditional stereo types surrounding Victorian
womanhood are challenged by authors who tell us about
farm women and black women, about women in classrooms,
churches and factories, about women who struggled against
family violence, defended their property rights, participated
in public events and campaigned for social reform.
Includes: "Women and the Escheat Movement, The
Politics of Everyday Life on Prince Edward Island" by
Rusty Bittermann.
history of women in the Maritime Provinces.
The traditional stereo types surrounding Victorian
womanhood are challenged by authors who tell us about
farm women and black women, about women in classrooms,
churches and factories, about women who struggled against
family violence, defended their property rights, participated
in public events and campaigned for social reform.
Includes: "Women and the Escheat Movement, The
Politics of Everyday Life on Prince Edward Island" by
Rusty Bittermann.
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| "A landmark in the history of women in Maritime Canada" - Margaret Conrad, Acadia University |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ TABLE OF CONTENTS |
Acknowledgements Introduction Women and the Escheat Movement: The Politics of Everyday Life on Prince Edward Island Rusty Bitterman Disfranchised but not Quiescent: Women Petitioners in New Brunswick in the Mid-19th Century Gail Campbell Married Women's Property Law in Nova Scotia, 1850-1910 Philip Girard and Rebecca Veinott "Wife, Mother, Sister, Friend", Methodist Women in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, 1861-1881 Hannah M. Lane "Separate Spheres", The Feminization of Public School Teaching in Nova Scotia, 1838-1880 Janet Gildford The Ceremonial Space of Women, Public Processions in Victorian Saint John and Halifax Bonnie Huskins "Not to be Ranked as Women", Female Industrial Workers in Turn-of-the-Century Halifax Sharon Myers Separate Spheres in a Separate World, African-NovaScotian Women in Late-19th-Century Halifax County Suzanne Morton The Prevention of Cruelty, Marriage Breakdown and the Rights of Wives in Nova Scotia Judith Fingard The Literary "New Woman" and Social Activism in Maritime Literature, 1880-1920 Gwendolyn Davies Contributors |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ABOUT THE EDITORS |
Janet Guildford teaches history and Canadian Studies at Mount St. Vincent University and St. Mary's
University, Halifax.
Suzanne Morton teaches history at McGill University and is completing a new book about north-end Halifax
entitled Ideal Surroundings: Gender and Domestic Life in a Working-Class Suburb in the 1920s.
University, Halifax.
Suzanne Morton teaches history at McGill University and is completing a new book about north-end Halifax
entitled Ideal Surroundings: Gender and Domestic Life in a Working-Class Suburb in the 1920s.
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