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Author Muir, Elizabeth Gillan, 1934- author.

Title An unrecognized contribution : women and their work in 19th-century Toronto / Elizabeth Gillan Muir
Published Toronto, Ontario : Dundurn Press, [2022]

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Description 1 online resource
Summary "Celebrating women's contributions to early Toronto. Women in nineteenth-century Toronto were integral to the life of the growing city. They contributed to the city's commerce and were owners of stores, factories, brickworks, market gardens, hotels, and taverns; as musicians, painters, and writers, they were a large part of the city's cultural life; and as nurses, doctors, religious workers, and activists they strengthened the city's safety net for those who were most in need. Their stories are told in this wide-ranging collection of biographies, the result of Muir's search of early street directories, the first city histories, personal diaries, and other documents, highlighting scores of women and the work they undertook during a period of great change for the city."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 28, 2022)
Subject Women -- Employment -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History -- 19th century
Women employees -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History -- 19th century
Women -- Ontario -- Toronto -- Biography
Women employees -- Ontario -- Toronto -- Biography
Women -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History -- 19th century
Women -- Ontario -- Toronto -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Women -- Ontario -- Toronto -- Economic conditions -- 19th century
Women
Women -- Economic conditions
Women employees
Women -- Employment
Women -- Social conditions
Ontario -- Toronto
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
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