HISTORY 2HI3 Lecture Notes - 8 Women, Separate Spheres, Clean House
23 Nov 2012
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1839 anne langton"s complaints about women being slaves in the country due to the amount of work they have to do 5. In upper canada/canada west, those concerned with the economic and political development of the colony see women"s work as having limited lasting consequences 5. Colonial leaders in the press and the pulpit extolled the virtues of the domestic woman 5. Women often invisible in histories of the period 6. Successful female business owners, though, were applauded 6. The actual work women did varied according to economic resources and rank in cities and whether they lived in a developing area or on a farm 6. Hard to find out what they did, most did not have the time, resources, and/or ability to record their experiences 6. Often our evidence comes from correspondences 6. References in diaries, local newspaper job notices 7. Women, work, and family are inseparable categories in upper canada 7.
