Obligation and opportunity : single Maritime women in Boston, 1870-1930

Obligation and opportunity : single Maritime women in Boston, 1870-1930 /

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"Obligation and Opportunity opens a window into the world of the women who moved from the Maritimes to New England for work. Urged to stay home by tales of danger and woe in the newspapers, they still left by the thousands, and in numbers larger than those for men." "Beattie examines...

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Main Author: Beattie, Mary Elizabeth, 1945-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Montreal ; Ithaca [New York] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000
Subjects:
Single women > Employment > Massachusetts > Boston > History > 19th century.
Single women > Employment > Massachusetts > Boston > History > 20th century.
Single women > Maritime Provinces > History > 19th century.
Single women > Maritime Provinces > History > 20th century.
Single women > Maritime Provinces > Economic conditions.
Maritime Provinces > Emigration and immigration.
Electronic books.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: The Vanguard
  • Part 2: Eldorado.

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