The Battle over Female (In)Dependence : Women in New England Québécois Migrant Communities, 1870-1930
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Title
The Battle over Female (In)Dependence : Women in New England Québécois Migrant Communities, 1870-1930
Description
Waldron explores the impacts of immigration on French Canadian norms of gender, labor, and social practice. She uses the examples of Lewiston, Maine, and Worcester, Massachusetts, and the different economies therein to ultimately observe the impact of a certain migration on the traditions (oppressive or otherwise) of a people. From the text: "My argument is twofold: on one hand, for male leaders in these migrant communities, perpetuating traditional ideas about men's and women's contributions to family and society was part of an effort to retain, on a communal level, their distinct identity as a Catholic people of French Canadian ancestry. In contrast, for female migrants, the decision to support traditional gender norms was a more complicated one; many migrant women and their American-born daughters advocated perpetuation of traditional Quebecois understandings of gender not only as a means of defining their place in American society, as Catholic women of French Canadian ancestry, but also to obtain and maintain the benefits and status within the home that these ideals afforded them in the United States."
Creator
Waldron, FlorenceMae
Date
2005
Language
en
Type
Journal Article
Identifier
Coverage
1870-1930; New England
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Zotero
DOI
10.1353/fro.2005.0032
ISSN
1536-0334
Issue
#2
Pages
158-205
Publication Title
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies
Volume
26