Obligation and Opportunity : Single Maritime Women in Boston, 1870-1930.
Beattie, Betsy.
Obligation and Opportunity : Single Maritime Women in Boston, 1870-1930. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (189 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Unfinished History of Maritime Out-migration -- PART ONE: THE VANGUARD -- 1 Changes at Home: The Maritime Economy and the Exodus, 1850-1890 -- 2 Single Maritime Women in Boston, 1880 -- PART TWO: ELDORADO -- 3 The Maritimes in the Early Twentieth Century -- 4 Working in Boston in the Early Twentieth Century -- 5 Living in Boston in the Early Twentieth Century -- Epilogue and Conclusion -- Appendix A: Domestic and Agricultural Production in the Maritimes -- Appendix B: Occupation Tables -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
In the years between Confederation and the Depression nearly 500,000 Maritimers left their homes to work in the United States or other parts of Canada. Why they left and how their departure affected the region's economy have long been debated but, until now, a major component of that exodus has been largely ignored. In Obligation and Opportunity Betsy Beattie addresses this oversight, examining the lives of the tens of thousands of single Maritime women who left to work in Boston between 1870 and 1930.
9780773568228
Single women-Employment-Massachusetts-Boston-History-19th century.
Single women-Employment-Massachusetts-Boston-History-20th century.
Single women-Maritime Provinces-History-19th century.
Single women-Maritime Provinces-History-20th century.
Single women-Maritime Provinces-Economic conditions.
Maritime Provinces-Emigration and immigration.
Electronic books.
HD6096.B7 B43 2000
Obligation and Opportunity : Single Maritime Women in Boston, 1870-1930. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (189 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Unfinished History of Maritime Out-migration -- PART ONE: THE VANGUARD -- 1 Changes at Home: The Maritime Economy and the Exodus, 1850-1890 -- 2 Single Maritime Women in Boston, 1880 -- PART TWO: ELDORADO -- 3 The Maritimes in the Early Twentieth Century -- 4 Working in Boston in the Early Twentieth Century -- 5 Living in Boston in the Early Twentieth Century -- Epilogue and Conclusion -- Appendix A: Domestic and Agricultural Production in the Maritimes -- Appendix B: Occupation Tables -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
In the years between Confederation and the Depression nearly 500,000 Maritimers left their homes to work in the United States or other parts of Canada. Why they left and how their departure affected the region's economy have long been debated but, until now, a major component of that exodus has been largely ignored. In Obligation and Opportunity Betsy Beattie addresses this oversight, examining the lives of the tens of thousands of single Maritime women who left to work in Boston between 1870 and 1930.
9780773568228
Single women-Employment-Massachusetts-Boston-History-19th century.
Single women-Employment-Massachusetts-Boston-History-20th century.
Single women-Maritime Provinces-History-19th century.
Single women-Maritime Provinces-History-20th century.
Single women-Maritime Provinces-Economic conditions.
Maritime Provinces-Emigration and immigration.
Electronic books.
HD6096.B7 B43 2000