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Title details for Mother of the Regiment and Other Remarkable Women of Newfoundland and Labrador by Susan Chalker Browne - Available

Mother of the Regiment and Other Remarkable Women of Newfoundland and Labrador

by Susan Chalker Browne
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An advocate for veterans, a photographer, a writer, a suffragist, an opera singer. Five remarkable women who pushed boundaries and made a difference at the turn of the twentieth century. But history then was about men, and no one wrote about these women. Their stories faded from memory and then disappeared for decades. Here now are those stories. May Furlong — Advocate for Veterans Elsie Holloway — Photographer Lydia Campbell — Writer Armine Gosling — Suffragist Georgina Stirling — Opera Singer Five biographies detailing the ambition, intelligence, compassion, and grit they all shared. The obstacles they overcame, the tragedies they endured, the incredible success they achieved. Discover how May Furlong, Elsie Holloway, Lydia Campbell, Armine Gosling, and Georgina Stirling pressed against the social norms of a century ago and helped change life and attitudes in Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Publisher: Flanker Press

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  • ISBN: 9781771177344
  • Release date: April 10, 2019

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  • ISBN: 9781771177344
  • File size: 5344 KB
  • Release date: April 10, 2019

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Biography & Autobiography Nonfiction

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An advocate for veterans, a photographer, a writer, a suffragist, an opera singer. Five remarkable women who pushed boundaries and made a difference at the turn of the twentieth century. But history then was about men, and no one wrote about these women. Their stories faded from memory and then disappeared for decades. Here now are those stories. May Furlong — Advocate for Veterans Elsie Holloway — Photographer Lydia Campbell — Writer Armine Gosling — Suffragist Georgina Stirling — Opera Singer Five biographies detailing the ambition, intelligence, compassion, and grit they all shared. The obstacles they overcame, the tragedies they endured, the incredible success they achieved. Discover how May Furlong, Elsie Holloway, Lydia Campbell, Armine Gosling, and Georgina Stirling pressed against the social norms of a century ago and helped change life and attitudes in Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Biography & Autobiography Nonfiction
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