Race and Gender in the Northern Colonies
Edited and with an introduction by Jan Noel (Canadian Scholars Press, 2000) 421 pages. Purchase: https://www.amazon.ca/Race-Gender-Northern-Colonies-Noel/dp/1551301822
Author Archives: Jan Noel
Endtime
ABSTRACT: Probes into the history of millennial movements in Canada. Information on the portents of 1663; Emergence of the teetotal prophets; Details on the prairie apocalypse in 1885. Full Text Beaver, Dec 1999/Jan 2000, Vol.79(6), pp.18-22
Women in New France
Canadian Historical Association Booklet. Full Text Canadian Historical Association Booklet (Ottawa: CHA, 1998) 30 pages.
Women of the New France Noblesse
In Women and Freedom in Early America, Larry Eldridge, ed. (New York University Press, 1997) 26-43. BOOK DESCRIPTION: It is virtually impossible to generalize about the degree to which women in early America were free. What, if anything, did enslaved black women in the South have in common with powerful female leaders in Iroquois society?… Read More »
Femmes Fortes and the Montreal Poor
In W. Mitchinson et al, Canadian Women: A Reader (Harcourt Brace, 1996), 68-85. BOOK DESCRIPTION: Encompassing a multiplicity of voices and perspectives, Canadian History: A Reader, a companion to Canadian Women: A History, brings to life current and historical issues that have shaped the lives of Canadian women. Full Text
Women and Social Welfare in Montreal and Environs 1800-1832
In M. Whetely and L. Muir, Changing Roles of Women within the Christian Church in Canada (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1995) 261-283. BOOK DESCRIPTION: Canadian religious history has been written with relatively little reference to the role of women. Throughout the years, the church itself has intensified this problem by restricting the options of women… Read More »
Temperance campaigning and alcohol consumption: a case study from pre-confederation Canada
ABSTRACT: Prohibitionists claimed that outlawing alcohol was the only way to maintain sobriety in society. An examination of early-19th-century Canada shows that the real decline in drunkenness occurred well before the prohibitionists launched their campaign. Full Text Contemporary Drug Problems, 1994, Vol.21(3), pp.401-426
The Union Years
In Desmond Morton et al, Allegiance: The Ontario Story (Heirloom Press, 1992), 168-189. BOOK DESCRIPTION: The story of the province of Ontario by twenty historians. Third volume in the Canada Heirloom series. Full Text
Women Without Walls
In William Dodge, ed., Boundaries of Identity: A Quebec Reader (Lester, 1992), 93-101. Full Text
Dry Patriotism: The Chiniquy Crusade
ABSTRACT: The temperance pledge and Charles Chiniquy are discussed. Thousands of French-speaking Catholics in the Province of Canada took the temperance pledge in their churches during the period of 1848 and 1851. Full Text The Canadian Historical Review, 1990, Vol.71(2), pp.189-207