Title Companions of the Peace : diaries and letters of Monica Storrs, 1931-1939 / edited by Vera K. Fast ; with an introduction by Vera K. Fast and Mary Kinnear

Published Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©1999

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 246 pages) : illustrations, maps Series North American immigrant letters, diaries and oral histories Contents Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Diaries and Letters, 1931�1939 -- Postscript -- Notes -- Photo Credits -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Map -- Illustrations Summary "In 1929 a cultured English gentlewoman arrived in the barely settled wilderness of northern British Columbia as an Anglican missionary, intending to assuage her sense of duty by staying for one year. She stayed for twenty-one. The years covered by Monica Storrs's journal entries (1931-9) were at times unbearably hard, the depression compounding what was already a demanding existence. She and the group of women she lived with, the Companions of the Peace, were sent out as 'missionaries of empire.' As the journals progress, Storrs's droll British wit persists but her imperialistic attitude softens as her work draws her into the lives around her. Expanding on the initial mandate to start Sunday schools, foster contact with women, and perform church services, she became involved in assembling libraries, lending money for seed grain, financing medical assistance, and organizing theatrical performances and poetry contests. After her death even the non-British inhabitants of the Peace River district described her as 'one of us.'"--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-235) and index Subject Storrs, Monica, 1888-1967 -- Diaries Storrs, Monica, 1888-1967 -- Correspondence SUBJECT Storrs, Monica, 1888-1967 fast Subject Anglican Church of Canada -- Biography SUBJECT Anglican Church of Canada fast Subject Frontier and pioneer life -- Peace River Valley (B.C. and Alta.) Pioneers -- Peace River Valley (B.C. and Alta.) -- Diaries Pioneers -- Peace River Valley (B.C. and Alta.) -- Correspondence Women pioneers -- Peace River Valley (B.C. and Alta.) -- Diaries Women pioneers -- Peace River Valley (B.C. and Alta.) -- Correspondence BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical. HISTORY -- Canada -- General. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Women. Frontier and pioneer life Manners and customs Pioneers Women pioneers SUBJECT Peace River Valley (B.C. and Alta.) -- Social life and customs Subject Canada -- Peace River Valley Genre/Form Electronic books Biographies Diaries Personal correspondence Form Electronic book Author Fast, Vera K., 1929- ISBN 9781442673168 1442673168 1282037242 9781282037243

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