02064nam a2200373Ia 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054015001500095020002500110020002400135040002100159035002100180050002700201100004900228245011800277260005900395300003800454490005200492504006600544520046600610533015201076650004501228650004201273650005401315651004101369651003601410655002901446710001701475830005301492856012601545999001901671ebr10132722CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||010209s2001    qucabc  sb    001 0 eng d  aGBA2-Z6948  z0773521976 (bound) :  z0773522921 (pbk.) :  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)24476438614aHQ1459.N65bK45 2001eb1 aKelcey, Barbara E.q(Barbara Eileen),d1949-10aAlone in silenceh[electronic resource] :bEuropean women in the Canadian North before 1940 /cBarbara E. Kelcey.  aMontr�eal :bMcGill-Queen's University Press,c2001.  axii, 227 p. :bill., maps, ports.1 aMcGill-Queen's native and northern series ;v27  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [207]-219) and index.  aThis 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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2009.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aWomen, WhitezCanada, NorthernxHistory. 0aEuropeanszCanada, NorthernxHistory. 0aFrontier and pioneer lifezNorthwest Territories. 0aCanada, NorthernxSocial conditions. 0aNorthwest TerritoriesxHistory. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc. 0aMcGill-Queen's native and northern series ;v27.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10132722zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c182841d182841