Silk sails : women of Newfoundland and their ships / Calvin D. Evans.
Silk sails : women of Newfoundland and their ships / Calvin D. Evans.
By
:
Evans, Calvin D.
Publication Date
:
2008
Publication Information
:
St. John's, N.L. : Breakwater Books,
Physical Description
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259 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.
Subject Term
:
Women in fisheries -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- History.
Women fishers -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- History.
Fisheries -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- History.
Businesswomen -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- History.
Bibliography Note
:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary
:
As Silk Sails entertainingly demonstrates, existing records show that women of the Atlantic region were owners of boats, ships and waterfront properties from as early as 1650. Women's involvement in early fishing adventures as sole owners and "co-partners in trade" was real and substantial. This sample of approximately 500 Newfoundland women depicts a hardy, durable and tenacious woman who was more than equal to the challenges and opportunities of her time. The study is complemented by interviews with some of the women who had owned working ships from the 1930s to the 1960s. A companion volume on more than 1,000 women ship owners of the Maritime provinces, Ontario and Quebec is in progress.
Language
:
English
ISBN
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9781550812428
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Copy |
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Arnold's Cove | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Baie Verte | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Bay St. George South | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Bell Island | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Bishop's Falls | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Bonavista | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Botwood | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Brigus | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Buchans | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Burgeo | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Burin | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Cape St. George | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Carbonear | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Carmanville | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Carmanville | Adult NFic NL - School | Adult Non-Fiction NL - School | 338.372 EV1 | |
Cartwright | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Centreville | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Change Islands | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Clarenville | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Codroy Valley | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Cormack | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Corner Brook | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | Back Room |
Cow Head | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Daniel's Harbour | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Deer Lake | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Fogo Island | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Fortune | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Fox Harbour | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Gambo | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Gander | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Garnish | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Gaultois | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Glenwood | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Glovertown | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Grand Bank | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Grand Falls-Windsor - Harmsworth | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Greenspond | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Harbour Grace | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Hare Bay | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Harry's Harbour | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Hermitage | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
King's Point - Tilley | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
L'Anse Au Loup | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Labrador City | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Lark Harbour | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Lumsden | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Marystown | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Mount Pearl - Ross King Memorial Public Library | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Musgrave Harbour - John B. Wheeler Public Library | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
New-Wes-Valley | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Norris Point | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Old Perlican | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Pasadena | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Placentia | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Point Leamington | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Port au Port | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Port aux Basques | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Port Saunders | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Ramea | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Robert's Arm | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Rocky Harbour | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Seal Cove | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Sop's Arm | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Springdale | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
St. Alban's | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
St. Anthony | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
St. Brides's | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
St. George's | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | ADULT NFIC NL - BASEMENT OVERFLOW | Adult Non-Fiction NL - Basement Overflow | 338.372 EV1 | |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL Ref - NL Rm | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference - NL Room | 338.372 EV1 | |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL Ref - Prov Coll | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference Provincial Collection | 338.372 EV1 | |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL Ref - Vault | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference - Vault | 338.372 EV1 | |
St. Lawrence | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
St. Lawrence | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | C.2 |
Stephenville - Kindale | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Stephenville Crossing | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Summerford | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Torbay | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Trepassey | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Trinity Bay North | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Twillingate | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Victoria | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Wabush | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Whitbourne | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |
Winterton | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 338.372 EV1 | |