Alone in silence : European women in the Canadian North before 1940 / Barbara E. Kelcey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kelcey, Barbara E. (Barbara Eileen), 1949-

Series:

McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 27.

McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 27

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women, White--Canada, Northern--History.

Women, White.

Europeans--Canada, Northern--History.

Europeans.

Frontier and pioneer life--Northwest Territories.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Canada, Northern--Social conditions.

Canada, Northern.

Northwest Territories--History.

Northwest Territories.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 227 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book details the struggles of the over 500 European women who travelled or lived in Canada's Northwest Territories before 1940 to set up a home in the harsh environment. The geography also forced them to adjust they way they worked. For instance, letters and reports of the Grey Nuns who worked alongside the Oblate Fathers in the Mackenzie indicate the hardships imposed by their situation but also show how driven they were by their missionary purpose.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

A Long While Between Dog Teams: Climate, Communications, and Isolation

Meatless, Wheatless, and Sweetless Days: The Domestic Arrangements of a Northern Home

“Speaking of Me and Franklin”: Women Travellers in the Arctic

Travels With the “More Realistic” Sex in the 1920s and 1930s

“Standing in the Gap:” Anglican Women and the Northern Mission

“Faith Inspires, Distinguishes, and Explains It”: The Grey Nuns’ Mission in the North

White Women Have Strange Ways: Connections and Distinctions between Cultures

“A Certain Amount of Unpleasantness”: One Woman’s Encounter with the Holy Trinity of the North

Conclusion

Abbreviations

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-219) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-85938-2

9786612859380

0-7735-6929-4

OCLC:

929120637