Biography & Autobiography Women
Kate Rice
Prospector
- Publisher
- Dundurn Press
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2002
- Category
- Women, Women's Studies, Post-Confederation (1867-)
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781459714274
- Publish Date
- Sep 2002
- List Price
- $8.99
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780889242104
- Publish Date
- Sep 2002
- List Price
- $24.99
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780889241343
- Publish Date
- Nov 1984
- List Price
- $21.50
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Description
Kathleen Rice was an inspiring woman who lived ahead of her time. Born in St. Marys, Ontario, she graduated as a gold medallist in Mathematics at the University of Toronto in 1906. After a conventional beginning teaching school in Ontario and Saskatchewan, Kate broke free of the mold, searching for new frontiers as a prospector in Manitoba during the gold rush. She formed a partnership with Dick Woosey and began a life in the remote areas around Herb Lake, prospecting and trapping. After Woosey’s death, Kate faced her final and most difficult challenge - living alone in the wildness of the north.
About the author
Helen Duncan was born in St. Marys, Ontario, where, as a child, she met Kathleen Rice. She graduated from the University of Toronto and then attended the Sorbonne, studied writing at Columbia University, and received a library degree from the Pratt Institute. She spent years working as a researcher for Reader's Digest.