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Wives and Mothers, Schoolmistresses and Scullery Maids; Working Women in Upper
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Wives and Mothers, Schoolmistresses and Scullery Maids; Working Women in Upper Canada, 1790-1840 Softcover - 1995

by Errington, Elizabeth Jane

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Montreal: McGill Queens Univ Press. Very Good. 1995. Softcover. 0773513108 . 374 p. 22.5 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Light crease to bottom front corner. A few stain spots on text block edges. Spine faded. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. A scholarly analysis of the contribution of working women to Upper Canadian society. .
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  • Title Wives and Mothers, Schoolmistresses and Scullery Maids; Working Women in Upper Canada, 1790-1840
  • Author Errington, Elizabeth Jane
  • Binding Softcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 400
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher McGill Queens Univ Press, Montreal
  • Date 1995
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 5240
  • ISBN 9780773513105 / 0773513108
  • Weight 1.42 lbs (0.64 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.01 x 5.99 x 1.19 in (22.89 x 15.21 x 3.02 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Canadian
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects Women - Ontario - Social conditions, Women - Ontario - History - 19th century
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96154381
  • Dewey Decimal Code 305.420

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From the rear cover

In this engaging analysis of the contribution of working women to Upper Canadian Society, Jane Errington argues that the role of Upper Canadian women in the overall economy of the early colonial society has been greatly undervalued by contemporary historians.

About the author

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.

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