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Synopsis
A historical treatise about Finnish immigrant women in Canada 1890-1930. The book, which is used in most Women Studies Programs in Canadian universities, deals with the demographics, the quality of life, marriage and birth, women at work, women and the immigrant church and women in socialist organizations. Very humanly written.
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About the Author
Varpu Lindstrom is professor of history at York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her specialization is social history and women's history and her research includes Finnish immigrants to Canada.
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- PublisherAspasia Books
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0973105313
- ISBN 13 9780973105315
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number3
- Number of pages205
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Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Text in English. 205 pp. Small fold on back cover. Light shelfwear. "The hallways of the Finnish rest home in Vancouver were sparkling clean, the faint fragrance of lemon polish mixed with the smell of coffee from the cafeteria. How can you keep this place so clean? I asked the nurse. Our residents have spent most of their lives scrubbing, polishing, washing and cooking, she replied. They are the professionals when it comes to cleaning, and they would expect nothin less now." For Varpu Lindström this visit to the rest home raised many questions. Who were these Finnish Canadian women? What experiences filled their long lives? What characteristics made them survivors? Why had their past been such a tightly kept secret? This pioneering study of Finnish immigrant women in Canada from 1890-1930, first published in 1988 and now in its third edition, has become a classic. While the experiences and problems Finnish immigrant women faced were not significantly different from other European immigrants, many of their responses were. The women who left Finland for Canada a century ago were almost exclusively working class, usually single, and universally literate. The spirit of optimism and defiance of traditional values that had led these young women to emigrate in the first place was carried over into their lives in Canada. They campaigned vigorously for higher wages, better working conditions and, above all, for dignified, humane treatment whether they were live-in domestics, lumber camp cooks, or homesteaders. To achieve this they relied not only on hard work but also on co-operative communal efforts. These women on the margins, against formidable odds, strived to improve, with mixed results, their and their community's position in Canada. Seller Inventory # 3436
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