History and geography

  • Housekeeping Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914

    Creator

    Downie, Mary Alice

    Robertson, Barbara

    Errington, Elizabeth Jane

    Hopkins, Monica

    Abstract

    This selection of writings by twenty-nine women, known and unknown, professional and amateur, presents a unique portrait of Canada through time and space, from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries, from the Maritimes to British Columbia and the Far North. There is a range of voices from high-born wives of governors general, to an Icelandic immigrant and a fisherman’s wife in Labrador.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Habitant Customs Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914

    Creator

    Downie, Mary Alice

    Robertson, Barbara

    Errington, Elizabeth Jane

    von Massow, Friederike Charlotte Louise

    Abstract

    This selection of writings by twenty-nine women, known and unknown, professional and amateur, presents a unique portrait of Canada through time and space, from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries, from the Maritimes to British Columbia and the Far North. There is a range of voices from high-born wives of governors general, to an Icelandic immigrant and a fisherman’s wife in Labrador.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Gold Rush Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914

    Creator

    Downie, Mary Alice

    Robertson, Barbara

    Errington, Elizabeth Jane

    Bompas, Charlotte Selina

    Abstract

    This selection of writings by twenty-nine women, known and unknown, professional and amateur, presents a unique portrait of Canada through time and space, from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries, from the Maritimes to British Columbia and the Far North. There is a range of voices from high-born wives of governors general, to an Icelandic immigrant and a fisherman’s wife in Labrador.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • The Gloomy Prospect Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914

    Creator

    Downie, Mary Alice

    Robertson, Barbara

    Errington, Elizabeth Jane

    Fisher, Mary Barbara

    Abstract

    This selection of writings by twenty-nine women, known and unknown, professional and amateur, presents a unique portrait of Canada through time and space, from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries, from the Maritimes to British Columbia and the Far North. There is a range of voices from high-born wives of governors general, to an Icelandic immigrant and a fisherman’s wife in Labrador.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Flood Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914

    Creator

    Downie, Mary Alice

    Robertson, Barbara

    Errington, Elizabeth Jane

    Allison, Susan

    Abstract

    This selection of writings by twenty-nine women, known and unknown, professional and amateur, presents a unique portrait of Canada through time and space, from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries, from the Maritimes to British Columbia and the Far North. There is a range of voices from high-born wives of governors general, to an Icelandic immigrant and a fisherman’s wife in Labrador.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Exploration in the Rockies Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914

    Creator

    Downie, Mary Alice

    Robertson, Barbara

    Errington, Elizabeth Jane

    Schaffer, Mary

    Abstract

    This selection of writings by twenty-nine women, known and unknown, professional and amateur, presents a unique portrait of Canada through time and space, from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries, from the Maritimes to British Columbia and the Far North. There is a range of voices from high-born wives of governors general, to an Icelandic immigrant and a fisherman’s wife in Labrador.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Earthquake Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914

    Creator

    Downie, Mary Alice

    Robertson, Barbara

    Errington, Elizabeth Jane

    l’Incarnation, Marie de

    Abstract

    This selection of writings by twenty-nine women, known and unknown, professional and amateur, presents a unique portrait of Canada through time and space, from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries, from the Maritimes to British Columbia and the Far North. There is a range of voices from high-born wives of governors general, to an Icelandic immigrant and a fisherman’s wife in Labrador.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Dairy Farm Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914

    Creator

    Downie, Mary Alice

    Robertson, Barbara

    Errington, Elizabeth Jane

    Sykes, Ella C.

    Abstract

    This selection of writings by twenty-nine women, known and unknown, professional and amateur, presents a unique portrait of Canada through time and space, from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries, from the Maritimes to British Columbia and the Far North. There is a range of voices from high-born wives of governors general, to an Icelandic immigrant and a fisherman’s wife in Labrador.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Chinese in Montreal Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914

    Creator

    Downie, Mary Alice

    Robertson, Barbara

    Errington, Elizabeth Jane

    (Edith Maude Eaton), Sui Sin Far

    Abstract

    This selection of writings by twenty-nine women, known and unknown, professional and amateur, presents a unique portrait of Canada through time and space, from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries, from the Maritimes to British Columbia and the Far North. There is a range of voices from high-born wives of governors general, to an Icelandic immigrant and a fisherman’s wife in Labrador.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Childhood in Victoria Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914

    Creator

    Downie, Mary Alice

    Robertson, Barbara

    Errington, Elizabeth Jane

    Carr, Emily

    Abstract

    This selection of writings by twenty-nine women, known and unknown, professional and amateur, presents a unique portrait of Canada through time and space, from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries, from the Maritimes to British Columbia and the Far North. There is a range of voices from high-born wives of governors general, to an Icelandic immigrant and a fisherman’s wife in Labrador.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified