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Obligation and Opportunity - Single Maritime Women in Boston 1870-1930
Examines the exodus of single women from Canada's Maritime Provinces to the 'Boston States' . Why they left, how their departure affected the Maritimes and their circumstances in Boston
In the years between Confederation and the Depression nearly 500,000 Maritimes left their homes to work in the United States or other parts of Canada. Why they life and how their departure affected the region's economy have long been debated but, until now, a major component of that exodus have 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.
The author used oral interviews, diaries, letters, written recollections, census data, and other historical sources, to gain info on the world of the women who moved from the Maritimes to New England for work.
Soft Cover - published 2000 - 176 pages
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