Monday, March 08, 2010
Five Canadian histories for International Women's Day
Posted by
Christopher Moore
Just from a quick shelf-browse. Further nominations would be posted.
* Jean Barman, Sojourning Sisters. Two Nova Scotian women go teaching in 1880s British Columbia
* Elizabeth Goudie, Woman of Labrador. Trapping family memoir.
* Alison Prentice et al, Canadian Women: A History. The standard work.
* Robert Sharpe and Patricia McMahon, The Persons Case. Story well told.
* Audrey Thomas, Isobel Gunn: A Novel. The furtrade re-imagined.
Update, March 8: And a list of women's history blogs from Tenured Radical.