Companions of the Peace : diaries and letters of Monica Storrs, 1931-1939 /

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"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)...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Storrs, Monica, 1888-1967
Otros Autores: Fast, Vera K., 1929-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©1999.
Colección:North American immigrant letters, diaries and oral histories.
Temas:
Storrs, Monica, > 1888-1967 > Diaries.
Storrs, Monica, > 1888-1967 > Correspondence.
Storrs, Monica, > 1888-1967 > Journal intime.
Storrs, Monica, > 1888-1967 > Correspondance.
Storrs, Monica, > 1888-1967
Anglican Church of Canada > Biography.
Companions of the Peace.
Église épiscopale du Canada > Biographies.
Anglican Church of Canada
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.
Vie des pionniers > Colombie-Britannique > Peace River-Liard.
Pionniers > Paix, Vallée de la rivière de la (C.-B. et Alb.) > Journaux intimes.
Pionniers > Paix, Vallée de la rivière de la (C.-B. et Alb.) > Correspondance.
Pionnières > Paix, Vallée de la rivière de la (C.-B. et Alb.) > Journaux intimes.
Pionnières > Paix, Vallée de la rivière de la (C.-B. et Alb.) > Correspondance.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Canada > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Women.
Frontier and pioneer life
Manners and customs
Pioneers
Women pioneers
Peace River Valley (B.C. and Alta.) > Social life and customs.
Peace River-Liard (C.-B.) > Histoire.
Paix, Vallée de la rivière de la (C.-B. et Alb.) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Canada > Peace River Valley
Electronic books.
Biographies
Diaries
Personal correspondence
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"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
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 246 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-235) and index.
ISBN:9781442673168
1442673168
1282037242
9781282037243
Acceso:Access restricted to Ryerson students, faculty and staff.

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