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Alone in silence

by Kelcey, Barbara E.
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Series: McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; . 27 Published by : McGill-Queen's University Press, (Montr�eal :) Physical details: xii, 227 p. : ill., maps, ports.
Subject(s): Women, White -- Canada, Northern -- History. | Europeans -- Canada, Northern -- History. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Northwest Territories. | Canada, Northern -- Social conditions. | Northwest Territories -- History. | Electronic books.
Year: 2001
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-219) and index.

This book details the struggles of the over 500 European women who travelled or lived in Canada's Northwest Territories before 1940 to set up a home in the harsh environment. The geography also forced them to adjust they way they worked. For instance, letters and reports of the Grey Nuns who worked alongside the Oblate Fathers in the Mackenzie indicate the hardships imposed by their situation but also show how driven they were by their missionary purpose.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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