Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 3
5. PART ONE: TURBULENT BEGINNINGS
6. Frances Ramsay Simpson (1812-1853) 33
7. Diary, British North America, 1830 40
8. Sarah Welch Hill (1803-1887) 59
9. Diary, Canada West, 1843-1845 66
10. Amelia Holder (1855-1936) 95
11. Diary, New Brunswick, 1868-1869 102
12. PART TWO: CONFLICT AND CONFUSION
13. Jessie Nagle and Susan Nagle 119
14. Jessie Melville Nagle Diary, British Columbia, 1869-1870 124
15. Susan Abercrombie Nagle Diary, British Columbia, 1870 137
16. Sarah Crease and Susan Crease 151
17. Diaries, British Columbia, 1878 158
18. Constance Kerr Sissons 185
19. Diary, Ontario, 1901-1902 192
20. PART THREE: HESITATION AND PAUSE
21. Phoebe Mclnnes 219
22. Diary, British Columbia, 1901 226
23. Caroline Alice Porter 239
24. Diary, Saskatchewan, 1907 246
25. Sophie Alice Puckette 255
26. Diary, Alberta, 1908 262
27. PART FOUR: EXPLORATION
28. Mina Wylie 279
29. Diary, Ontario, 1911 285
30. Miriam Qreen Ellis 301
31. Diary, Northwest Territories, 1922 308
32. Mary Dulhanty 323
33. Diary, Nova Scotia, 1926-1927 330
34. PART FIVE: LOVE, LOSS, AND WORK
35. Dorothy Choate Herriman 353
36. Diary, Ontario, 1932-1933 358
37. Elsie Rogstad Jones 371
38. Diary, Alberta, 1943 376
39. Dorothy Duncan MacLennan 393
40. Diary, Quebec, 1953 400
41. Marian Engel 420
42. Diary, Prince Edward Island, 1976 426
43. PART SIX: REFLECTIVE ENDINGS
44. Mary Eidse Friesen 445
45. Diary, Manitoba, 1990 450
46. Edna Staebler 454
47. Diary, Ontario, 1996 460
48. Bibliography 469
49. Contributors 479
50. Illustration Credits 485