Sisters or Strangers?
Subtitle: Immigrant, Ethnic, and Racialized Women in Canadian History (Studies in Gender and History)
Contributors: Marlene Epp (Editor); Franca Iacovetta (Editor); Frances Swyripa (Editor)
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: June 10, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9780802088369
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; American history: from c 1900 -; Women's studies; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Minority women; Canada - General; Social Science; Gender Studies; Women immigrants; Sociology; Canada; Race discrimination; Women's Studies - General; Social Science / Women's Studies; Ethnic Studies - General; History
First sentence: 'Having witnessed the degraded and filthy conditions of the Indians when they lived in their Weg-ke-wams,' wrote Methodist missionary Philander Smith, 'I felt a desire to examine their domestic economy in their houses; accompanied by Mrs. Hurlbut we visited most of the females.'