Looking back

Description:

When we think about women settlers on the Prairies, our notions tend to veer between the nostalgic image of the 'cheerful helpmate' and the grim deprivation of the 'reluctant immigrant'. This title shows how a critical approach to the life-writing of individual prairie women can broaden and deepen our understanding of the settlement era.

subjects: Women pioneers in literature,  Agriculture in literature,  Frontier and pioneer life,  Agriculture dans la littérature,  Pionnières dans la littérature,  Biographies,  Conditions sociales,  Biography,  Social conditions,  Women pioneers,  Pionnières,  Vie des pionniers,  Women, canada,  Women, social conditions,  Women in literature

Places: Provinces des Prairies,  Prairie Provinces