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Coles Creating Historical Memory: English-Canadian Women and the Work of History at Bayshore Shopping Centre in Ottawa, ON
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Canadian women have worked, individually and collectively, at home
and abroad, as creators of historical memory. This engaging collection
of essays seeks to create an awareness of the contributions made by
women to history and the historical profession from 1870 to 1970 in
English Canada. Creating Historical Memory explores the wide
range of careers that women have forged for themselves as writers and
preservers of history within, outside, and on the margins of the
academy. The authors suggest some of the institutional and intellectual
locations from which English Canadian women have worked as historians
and attempt to problematize in different ways and to varying degrees,
the relationship between women and historical practice.
The authors raise many interesting questions about how gender
influences historical consciousness and whether looking at the past
through women’s eyes alters the view. Women engaged in history in
a wide variety of ways -- as authors of fiction, popular history,
juvenilia, and drama -- as well as more academic research and
publishing. They worked as individuals, as both professional writers
and academics, and within formal and informal communities of women such
as religious groups or local clubs. The essays also talk about the
barriers that existed for women who wanted to be recognized as
historians and teachers of history and point out how gender differences
have coloured perceptions of what constitutes history and who should
write that history. This anthology shows how, instead of being
intimidated or defeated by their marginalization, women developed new
and interesting ideas about what constituted history.
The final essay in the volume assesses the impact the burgeoning of
feminist history in the 1970s had on the academy and examines the
connection between feminist activism and women’s history. This
original and lively book highlights the pioneering efforts of women in
developing alternate paths to historical expression. It makes an
important contribution both to Canadian historical studies and to
women’s and gender history in the West and will appeal to
scholars interested in Canadian history, women’s studies,
literature, and historiography.
Canadian women have worked, individually and collectively, at home
and abroad, as creators of historical memory. This engaging collection
of essays seeks to create an awareness of the contributions made by
women to history and the historical profession from 1870 to 1970 in
English Canada. Creating Historical Memory explores the wide
range of careers that women have forged for themselves as writers and
preservers of history within, outside, and on the margins of the
academy. The authors suggest some of the institutional and intellectual
locations from which English Canadian women have worked as historians
and attempt to problematize in different ways and to varying degrees,
the relationship between women and historical practice.
The authors raise many interesting questions about how gender
influences historical consciousness and whether looking at the past
through women’s eyes alters the view. Women engaged in history in
a wide variety of ways -- as authors of fiction, popular history,
juvenilia, and drama -- as well as more academic research and
publishing. They worked as individuals, as both professional writers
and academics, and within formal and informal communities of women such
as religious groups or local clubs. The essays also talk about the
barriers that existed for women who wanted to be recognized as
historians and teachers of history and point out how gender differences
have coloured perceptions of what constitutes history and who should
write that history. This anthology shows how, instead of being
intimidated or defeated by their marginalization, women developed new
and interesting ideas about what constituted history.
The final essay in the volume assesses the impact the burgeoning of
feminist history in the 1970s had on the academy and examines the
connection between feminist activism and women’s history. This
original and lively book highlights the pioneering efforts of women in
developing alternate paths to historical expression. It makes an
important contribution both to Canadian historical studies and to
women’s and gender history in the West and will appeal to
scholars interested in Canadian history, women’s studies,
literature, and historiography.
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