Author: Susan Chalker Browne
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781771177337
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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A suffragist, a photographer, a writer, an opera singer, an advocate for veterans. Five remarkable women who pushed boundaries and made a difference at the turn of the twentieth century. But history then was about men, and no one wrote about these women. Their stories faded from memory and then disappeared for decades. Here, now, are those stories. Five mini-biographies detailing the ambition, intelligence, compassion, and grit they all shared. The obstacles they overcame, the tragedies they endured, the incredible success they achieved. Discover how Armine Gosling, Elsie Holloway, Lydia Campbell, Georgina Stirling, and May Furlong pressed against the social norms of a century ago and helped change life and attitudes in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Author: E. R. Seary
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 9780773517820
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 646
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Traces the origins of nearly 3,000 surnames found on the eastern Canadian island, along with sometimes extensive information on etymology, genealogy, and Newfoundland history. Introduces the alphabetical catalogue with a survey of the history and linguistic origins, which include English, Welsh, Irish, Scottish, French, Syrian, Lebanese, and Micmac. Appends lists of names by frequency and frequency by origin, and surnames recorded before 1700. First published in 1977, reprinted four times, and here revised with additions and corrections and reset in a more convenient format. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Massachusetts. Trustees of Massachusetts Training School
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reformatories
Languages : en
Pages : 136
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Author: Thomas C. Badcock
Publisher: Breakwater Books
ISBN: 9781550812046
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
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A mother and her young son begin a new life in a Newfoundland fishing community in an attempt to escape the past.
Author: Mrs. Brightwell
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3734091497
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
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Reproduction of the original: Georgie ́s Present by Mrs. Brightwell
Author: Sarah Glassford
Publisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774822589
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 357
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As the body of First World War literature continues to grow, women’s experiences of this period remain largely obscure.This innovative collection addresses the invisibility of women in this literature, particularly with regard to Canadian and Newfoundland history. Drawing upon a multidisciplinary spectrum of recent work – studies on mobilizing women, paid and volunteer employment at home and overseas, grief, childhood, family life, and literary representations ?– this book brings Canadian and Newfoundland women and girls into the history of the First World War and marks their place in the narrative of national transformation.
Author: Mark Critch
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0735235074
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 379
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NOW A CBC TELEVISION SERIES WINNER OF THE MARGARET AND JOHN SAVAGE FIRST BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE RBC TAYLOR PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE STEPHEN LEACOCK MEMORIAL MEDAL FOR HUMOUR A hilarious story of family, getting into trouble, and finding one's place in the world. What could be better than growing up in the 1980s? How about growing up in 1980s Newfoundland, which—as Mark Critch will tell you—was more like the 1960s. Take a trip to where it all began in this funny and warm look back on his formative years. Here we find a young Mark trick-or-treating at a used car lot, getting locked out of school on a fourth-floor window ledge, faking an asthma attack to avoid being arrested by military police, trying to buy beer from an untrustworthy cab driver, shocking his parents by appearing naked onstage—and much more. Best known as the "roving reporter" for CBC's This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Mark Critch has photo-bombed Justin Trudeau, interviewed Great Big Sea's Alan Doyle (while impersonating Alan Doyle), offered Pamela Anderson a million dollars to stop acting, and crashed White House briefings. But, as we see in this playful debut, he's been causing trouble his whole life. Son of a Critch captures the wonder and cluelessness of a kid trying to figure things out, but with the clever observations of an adult, and the combination is perfect.
Author: Valerie J Andrews
Publisher: Demeter Press
ISBN: 177258214X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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In postwar Canada, having a child out-of-wedlock invariably meant being subject to the adoption mandate. Andrews describes the mandate as a process of interrelated institutional power systems which, together with socio-cultural norms, ideals of gender heteronormativity, and emerging sociological and psychoanalytic theories, created historically unique conditions in the post WWII decades wherein the white unmarried mother was systematically separated from her baby by means of adoption. This volume uncovers and substantiates evidence of the mandate, ultimately finding that at least 350,000 unmarried mothers in Canada were impacted.
Author: Phyllis Pieroway
Publisher: Broken Jaw Press
ISBN: 9781553910299
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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Author: Deirdre Raftery
Publisher: Merrion Press
ISBN: 1788550595
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 286
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The first biographical study of Nano Nagle, the foundress of he Presentation order of nuns, that positions her within Irish social history, and assesses her vast international legacy. Nano Nagle: The Life and the Education Legacy draws on archival materials from three continents, providing a compelling account of how one woman's extraordinary life challenged social constraints and championed social justice and equality. Leading education historian, Deirdre Raftery, has produced not only a vital new biographical study of an exceptional Irish woman, but also a study of how thousands of Irish women joined the Presentation order of nuns and taught in their schools all over the world. Within that is the story of the Irish female diaspora in Newfoundland, India, North America, England, Australia, Africa and the Philippines. Nano Nagle: The Life and the Education Legacy throws opens a new window on an unknown aspect of Irish social history, while also demonstrating Ireland's significant contribution to the global history of female education.
