Wives and mothers, schoolmistresses and scullery maids : working women in Upper Canada, 1790-1840 /
"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...
| Основен автор: | Errington, Elizabeth Jane, 1951- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
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Montreal [Que.] :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
1995.
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Wives and mothers, schoolmistresses and scullery maids. |
Съдържание:
- ""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""
- ""PART THREE: ""A SENSE OF DECORUM"" AND ""SERVICE"": THE WORLD OF THE COLONIAL ARISTOCRACY""""6 ""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""
- ""Appendix One: Patterns of Women's Part-time Employment""""Appendix 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""