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History Post-confederation (1867-)

Wife to Widow

Lives, Laws, and Politics in Nineteenth-Century Montreal

by (author) Bettina Bradbury

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Jun 2011
Category
Post-Confederation (1867-), Pre-Confederation (to 1867), Quebec (QC), Women's Studies
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774819510
    Publish Date
    Jun 2011
    List Price
    $95.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774819527
    Publish Date
    Jan 2012
    List Price
    $39.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774819534
    Publish Date
    May 2011
    List Price
    $39.95

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Description

This monumental study of two generations of women who married either before or after the Patriote rebellions of 1837-38 explores the meaning of the transition from wife to widowhood in early nineteenth-century Montreal. Bettina Bradbury weaves together the individual biographies of twenty women, against the backdrop of collective genealogies of over 500, to offer new insights into the law, politics, demography, religion, and domestic life of the time. She shows how women from all walks of life interacted with and shaped Montreal’s culture, customs, and institutions, even as they laboured under the shifting conditions of patriarchy. Wife to Widow provides a rare window into the significance of marriage and widowhood.

About the author

Bettina Bradbury is an associate professor of History and Women's Studies at York University.

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Awards

  • Short-listed, The François-Xavier Garneau Medal, Canadian HIstorical Association
  • Short-listed, Canada Prize in Social Sciences, Canadian Federation for Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Winner, Prix Lionel Groulx, L'Institut d'histoire de l'Amérique francaise
  • Short-listed, Canadian Political History Book Prize, Canadian Historical Association
  • Winner, Clio Award for Quebec, Canadian Historical Association
  • Short-listed, Sir John A. Macdonald Prize, Canadian Historical Association