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Wives and Mothers, School Mistresses and Scullery Maids : Working Women in Upper Canada, 1790-1840
ISBN: 9780773565449
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / McGill-Queen''s University Press
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Limited; Download: 7 Days at a Time
Subjects: Social Science;

Arguing that the role of Upper Canadian women in the overall economy of the early colonial period has been greatly undervalued by contemporary historians. Jane Errington illustrates how the work they did, particularly as wives and mothers, played a significant role in the development of the colony.

Elizabeth Jane Errington is professor of history, Royal Military College and Queen's University, and the author of numerous award-winning studies about life in Upper Canada.