Creating historical memory : English-Canadian women and the work of history / edited by Beverly Boutilier and Alison Prentice.

Canadian women have worked, individually and collectively, at home and abroad, as creators of historical memory. This engaging collection of essays seeks to create an awareness of the contributions made by women to history and the historical profession from 1870 to 1970 in English Canada. Creating H...

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Other Authors: Boutilier, Beverly, 1963-, Prentice, Alison L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Vancouver : UBC Press, ©1997.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cultivating a love of Canada through history : Agnes Maule Machar, 1837-1927 / Dianne M. Hallman
  • Women's rights and duties : Sarah Anne Curzon and politics of Canadian history / Beverly Boutilier
  • Ontario Womens' Institutes and the work of local history / Linda M. Ambrose
  • "Writing teaches us our mysteries" / Elizabeth Smyth
  • "I walk my own track in life & no mere male can bump me off it" : Constance Lindsay Skinner and the work of history / Jean Berman
  • Isabel Skelton / Terry Crowley
  • Laying siege to the history professoriate / Alison Prentice
  • A view from the front steps : Esther Clark Wright and the making of a maritime historian / Barry M. Moody
  • Kathleen Wood-Legh / Megan J. Davies and Colin M. Coates
  • Women's history / Deborah Gorham.