HIST 3533 Chapter Notes - Chapter ---: Counter-Reformation, Protestant Reformation, Deconstruction
3 Apr 2016
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Iii european invaders, settlers and the colonial era. Sept. 30 the place of female colonists in new france -- opportunities and limitations. Jan noel, nagging wife" revisited: women and the fur trade in new france, . Primary document french army engineer toured france"s canadian colony beside st lawerence 1752-1753 to tell kind state of colonys defences saw female roles. Montreal voiced a common anxiety of french officials that unmarried women working in the community needed supervision or even suppression. Principle occupations are teaching young girls and making articles to support their establishments. White colonial women and the opportunities they exploited to increase their latitude for the exercise of power and self expression. Nagging wife description ascribed to european women in new france by an earlier generation of historians predominately white and male women exercised power. How race and class work in conjunction with gender to shape women"s experiences. Womens full engagement with the fur trade remains largely unexamined.
