topic:"Agriculture" found 2 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Abstract: "Sarah Carter's "Imperial Plots: Women, Land, and the Spadework of British Colonialism on the Canadian Prairies" examines the goals, aspirations, and challenges met by women who sought land of their own. Supporters of British women homesteaders argued they would contribute to the "spade-work" of the Empire through their imperial plots, replacing foreign settlers and relieving Britain of its surplus women. Yet far into the twentieth century there was persistent opposition to the idea that women could or should farm: British women were to be exemplars of an idealized white femininity, not toiling in the fields. In Canada, heated debates about women farmers touched on issues of ethnicity, race, gender, class, and nation. Despite legal and cultural obstacles and discrimination, British women did acquire land as homesteaders, farmers, ranchers, and speculators on the Canadian prairies. They participated in the project of dispossessing Indigenous people. Their complicity was, however, ambiguous and restricted because they were excluded from the power and privileges of their male counterparts. Imperial Plots depicts the female farmers and ranchers of the prairies, from the Indigenous women agriculturalists of the Plains, to the land army women of the First World War."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents: Narrowing opportunities for women : from the indigenous farmers of the Great Plains to the exclusions of the homestead regime -- "Land owners and enterprising settlers in the colonies" : British women farmers for Canada -- Widows and other immigrant women homesteaders : struggles and strategies -- Women who bought land : the "bachelor girl" settler, "Jack" May, and other celebrity farmers and ranchers -- Answering the call of empire : Georgina Binnie-Clark, farmer, author, lecturer -- "Daughters of British blood" or "hordes of men of alien race"? : the homesteads-for-British-women campaign -- The persistence of a "curiously strong prejudice" : from the First World War to the Great Depression.

ISBN: 978-0-88755-818-4 pbk

Accession Number: p2019-04

Call Number: 08.2 Ca24i

Collection: Archives Library

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Eagle Valley - our legacy

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25283

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: May 2018

Author: Macklin, Anne; McCullough, Douglas; Henry, Lynne; Souster, Bill; Greif, Frank

Publisher: Cochrane, AB : Satellite Printing Ltd.

Call Number: 08.2 E1e

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Author: Macklin, Anne; McCullough, Douglas; Henry, Lynne; Souster, Bill; Greif, Frank

Responsibility: The Eagle Valley Working Group; Anne Macklin; Douglas McCullough; Lynne Henry; Bill Souster; Frank Greif

Publisher: Cochrane, AB : Satellite Printing Ltd.

Published Date: May 2018

Physical Description: 7 sections ; illustrations (some colour), colour maps

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Research; Alberta; Development; Maps; Soil; History; History of Alberta; Agriculture

Abstract: In August 2016, a group of about 40 residents as well as a couple of county councillors met at the Eagle Valley Community Hall to discuss the process of creating a new area structure plan under the oversight of a steering committee. The result of that meeting was a consensus to create a working group to provide the county with input as well as to help officials “understand who we are as a community, the commitment that we have to the land we live on, and our heritage, cultural and social resources that are in the community,”.Five volunteers — Anne Macklin, Lynne Henry, Douglas McCullough, Bill Souster and Greif — formed the Eagle Valley Working Group, which is not affiliated with any recognized societies already in the region. Over the following six months, a questionnaire was formulated to glean information from the community’s residents. A summary of the survey’s results was then discussed during a meeting held at the Sundre Petroleum Operators Group’s office this past January. When the process started, a number of important stakeholders in terms of working relationships were identified, such as the oil and gas industry, social services including Greenwood Neighbourhood Place as well as the Town of Sundre. So following January’s meeting, the working group was tasked with preparing the legacy document. Included within its pages is information about Eagle Valley’s climate, oil and gas sector, geology, as well as infrastructure issues such as roads, wastewater, water, parks and recreation. A copy of the book, is available for sale at the Sundre Municipal Library. (Summarized from Mountainview Today article - website)

Contents: Reader's guide; Introduction and background; Pride of ownership; Sense of values; Environmental harmony; Stewardship of resources; Property protection and personal security; Legislative and management framework; Appendices

Accession Number: P2020.07

Call Number: 08.2 E1e

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Article with further information

Websites

https://www.mountainviewtoday.ca/sundre-news/legacy-book-provides-guidance-for-future-generations-1818745

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