Wives and Mothers, School Mistresses and Scullery Maids: Working Women in Upper Canada, 1790-1840

by Elizabeth Jane Errington

Errington explores evidence of a distinctive women's culture and shows that the work women did constituted a common experience shared by Upper Canadian women. Most of them not only experienced the uncertainties of marriage and the potential dangers of childbirth but also took part in making sure that the needs of their families were met. How women actually fulfilled their numerous responsibilities differed, however. Age, location, marital status,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773513108
• ISBN13: 9780773513105
• Release Date: September 1995
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"