The life writings of Mary Baker McQuesten : Victorian matriarch / edited by Mary J. Anderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McQuesten, Mary Baker, 1849-1934.

Contributor:

Anderson, Mary J. (Mary Johanna), 1931-

Series:

Life writing series.

Life writing series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hamilton (Ont.)--History.

Hamilton (Ont.).

Hamilton (Ont.)--Biography.

McQuesten, Mary Baker, 1849-1934--Correspondence.

McQuesten, Mary Baker.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How did a privileged Victorian matron, newly widowed and newly impoverished, manage to raise and educate her six young children and restore her family to social prominence? Mary Baker McQuesten's personal letters, 155 of which were carefully selected by Mary J. Anderson, tell the story. In her uninhibited style, in letters mostly to her children, Mary Baker McQuesten chronicles her financial struggles and her expectations. The letters reveal her forthright opinions on a broad range of topics - politics, religion, literature, social sciences, and even local gossip. We learn how Mar

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; McQuesten-Baker Family Tree; Photographs; Mary Baker's Wedding Trousseau and Itemized Bill; Part 1 Mary Baker McQuesten's Biography; Part 2 Mary Baker McQuesten's Work with the Presbyterian Missionary Societies; Part 3 The Victorian Narrative; Part 4 Mary Baker McQuesten's Letters; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-324) and index.

ISBN:

9786610925841

9781280925849

1280925841

9780889205413

0889205418

OCLC:

753479450