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
Autor principal: Storrs, Monica, 1888-1967
Otros Autores: Fast, Vera K., 1929-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 1999.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Storrs, Monica, > 1888-1967.
Storrs, Monica, > 1888-1967 > Correspondance.
Storrs, Monica, > 1888-1967 > Journal intime.
Storrs, Monica, > 1888-1967 > Correspondence.
Storrs, Monica, > 1888-1967 > Diaries.
Anglican Church of Canada.
Église episcopale du Canada > Biographies.
Companions of the Peace.
Anglican Church of Canada > Biography.
Women pioneers.
Pioneers.
Manners and customs.
Frontier and pioneer life.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Women.
HISTORY > Canada > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Pionnieres > Paix, Vallee de la riviere de la (C.-B. et Alb.) > Correspondance.
Pionnieres > Paix, Vallee de la riviere de la (C.-B. et Alb.) > Journaux intimes.
Pionniers > Paix, Vallee de la riviere de la (C.-B. et Alb.) > Correspondance.
Pionniers > Paix, Vallee de la riviere de la (C.-B. et Alb.) > Journaux intimes.
Vie des pionniers > Colombie-Britannique > Peace River-Liard.
Women pioneers > Peace River Valley (B.C. and Alta.) > Correspondence.
Women pioneers > Peace River Valley (B.C. and Alta.) > Diaries.
Pioneers > Peace River Valley (B.C. and Alta.) > Correspondence.
Pioneers > Peace River Valley (B.C. and Alta.) > Diaries.
Frontier and pioneer life > Peace River Valley (B.C. and Alta.)
Canada > Peace River Valley.
Paix, Vallee de la riviere de la (C.-B. et Alb.) > Moeurs et coutumes.
Peace River-Liard (C.-B.) > Histoire.
Peace River Valley (B.C. and Alta.) > Social life and customs.
Personal correspondence.
Diaries.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
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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 (248 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9781442673168

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