A life of propriety : Anne Murray Powell and her family, 1755-1849 / Katherine M.J. McKenna.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKenna, Katherine Mary Jean, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Powell, Anne Murray, 1755-1849.

Powell, Anne Murray.

Powell family.

Toronto (Ont.)--History.

Toronto (Ont.).

Toronto (Ont.)--Biography.

Physical Description:

x, 327 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

During this period the realms of the public and the private became increasingly separated, with increasingly separate roles for men and women. Changes in cultural values concerning gender, ideals about family relationships, and ideas of the appropriate role women brought uncertainty, confusion, and contradiction. Anne Powell's life embodied this shift in values and provides an example of how they were carried from the old world to the new. A Life of Propriety makes an innovative contribution to the literature on women in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and will also be of interest to scholars in women's studies, and early Ontario and Canadian history, as well as to the general reader. "Sets the story of the Powell family in the context of a growing international literature on gender and family relations in an important period of change . a captivating story and a great read." Alison Prentice, Department of History and Philosophy, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Prologue

Introduction

Learning and Living the Lessons of Propriety

Early Years at Boston

The Founding of a Family, 1775–1800

Establishing Social Status: Anne Powell and York Society

The Intersections of Male and Female Gender Roles

Married Life: Anne and William

Brothers: George and John

Sons

The Transmission of Female Gender Roles

Education

Marriage and Childbirth

The Limitations of “Woman’s Sphere”

Conclusion

“A Solitary Tree Shorn of Its Branches”: Old Age

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-85691-X

9786612856914

0-7735-6465-9

OCLC:

732601121