Re: ALL; BC,CAN/NT,CAN; 1800- Rose: It sounds like a good read! One thing puzzles me, your symbols at the ending of your e-mail! I have seen similar things in genealogy e-mails, such as ;- What does it mean?Is it a secret genealogy code I don't know? It almost resembles a face! Do tell! Deborah Reid (with sincere apologizing for this question!) ----- Original Message ----- From: Rose Terry <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 26, 1999 7:37 PM Subject: ALL; BC,CAN/NT,CAN; 1800- > ALL; BC,CAN/NT,CAN; 1800- > > Book "...and Mighty Women too; Stories of Notable Western Canadian > Women" by Grant MacEwan, 1975. 8.5" x 5.3", 275 pages, in GOOD > condition, softcover book illustrated with pictures of these women. The > author focuses on the women whose contribution to the West has been > important but certainly less known. There are 32 women included in these > profiles and they have in common only their sex and the fact that they > all acquired a reputation - of one kind or another. And through their > reputations they contributed to the quality of life in Western Canada. > The author selected women from all walks of life and with a wide variety > of interests, from the lowliness of Mother Fulham, Calgary's dirty and > indomitable keeper of pigs, to the eminence of the great artist, Emily > Carr, and the internationally renowned historian and educationist, Hilda > Neatby. Some of the women, such as Mary Macleod, wife of the > commissioner of the NWMP, were notable mainly because of their ability > to cope with the conditions of frontier life and, in doing so, to make > it more bearable for others. In another time and place, they would > likely have been just one of the crowd. Some gained recognition because > of their work for the West-journalist Cora Hind and scientist Margaret > Newton. In a land of few people, many hardships, and such glaring causes > as women's rights and prohibition, there were many opportunities for > women to shine and many > were the women who rose to the occasion. The author has given all women > of the West a fine salutation here! GREAT book! > > See book at: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=207172257 > > -- > \\\|/// > \\ ~ ~ // Give your children these two things - One is roots, > ( @ @ ) the other, wings. > -oOOo-(_)-oOOo- Rose CAUDLE TERRY, Washington state @>,--'--- > BILYEU Listowner/Listmother (genealogical) & Proud RootsWeb Sponsor > [email protected] http://www.genealogy.bilyeu.com/ > Current publications available at: > http://cgi3.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewListedItems&userid=rosess > "Graham Reid" <[email protected]>