The Importance Of The Women Of New France

Over time, the power that Native women held with in their tribe has unfortunately digressed. During the age of exploration Native women have played key roles in the western fur trade. Native women assisted the fur traders by being liaison between the Europeans and Natives. This role was fundamental in strengthening trade increasing the economic stability of the post. They acted as guides for the European traders who often found themselves in dangerous and unfamiliar territory. Finally, they provided an intimate relationship for the European traders, and played a pragmatic role as a domesticated wife. However in order to fully understand the magnitude of the

Aboriginal women had occupied an essential position in the fur trade of the North American region from its birth during the 17th and 18th centuries. Even though this is true, the role of women, especially those of the Native American society, has been ignored a great deal in the entire history of fur trade. Contrary to the belief that the whole fur trade activity was only male-dominated, it very much depended upon Native women and their participation and labor in order to ensure survival as well as economic success. This paper will attempt to illuminate how Native women played the role as important producers when it comes to fur trade of the American Plains and, of course, the Canadian region. This paper will also deal with the two

The part of women in colonization and culture is often seen as insignificant, but they have always worked alongside the men with equal duty or more, even though the recognition was not equal. The role of women during western expansion was not purely domestic however as the women would often take over the roles typically performed by men. The life of Mary Bommeli

New Netherland women had more legal rights and economic authority. White Dutch women could choose a form of marriage in which they were considered partner not a possession(p70). In New Netherland, African women slaves didn’t really work in the field, they were mostly domestic servants (p72). New French Catholics women mostly focused on saving the

When convincing the readers of the influences that the indigenous women and their neighbours when it came to having a voice in the political say. The first example that Noel addresses is the idea of how the Haudenoseunee had man address the man and women address the the women. Where is the European society men were seen as addressing both the men and women . In terms of the French and the Dutch women had some power that was given to them by there husband weather it was written or given verbally. Noel also states that men were either for or against women having a say. French women were normally seen as influential , yet many men still complained. In one account of Madame Vaudreuil ingratiated herself with the marine. Crinent quotes that “she controls all the positions in Canada… she writes magnificent letters from all sorts of places to the seaports about the power she can exert over [ minister pontchartrian]… she offers her protection, she threatens to use her influences” Noel added “ she causes great fear and imposes silence on most of those who could speak against her husband” . Yet these complaints still did not stop women from being influential, and having a say in the political and economic growth of their

This book covers a number of aspects throughout history, and more specifically, the role women played in them. The overall theme of the book is the role that women had throughout history. It explorers a chronological view of history of women and the impacts they made. A lot of

Just from looking at the title of the article Acadian Women and French Colonial society in eighteenth-century Louisbourg, we can easily see the topic that Anne Marie Lane Jonah and Elizabeth Tait would be focussing their discussion on. The overall summary of the article is the discussion of Acadian Women and their families having to uproot everything they own and moving to a new French colony in Isle Royale after the defeat of Port Royal .These families would move from Mainland Nova Scotia to the City of Louisbourg, Cape Breton Island. Once in their new home, the Acadians realize that they are in a new society that is unknown to them. The article continues with a breakdown of the process these Acadian women are going to go through to become

The Importance of Women in the Colonial World Women's importance in the colonial world was an ever-changing process. They were seen as equals in early Native society but over the years women's roles have changed drastically. The books one has studied have great influence on how people view women in the past but others have little. Women have played a role from the earliest times even before written language, among the Natives, in their stories and legends of women beings. Women once had a role in every aspect of human lives but as the colonists and religious leaders from other countries started to migrate there role was changed and never reestablished.

When the men travelled they where expected to work on the farm, cook, prepare food, manage the stock levels in winter, smoke the fish and meats, make broth, bake bread, produce Ale, make clothes and keep the family healthy. The women would grow up just like the men of her village learning to live off the land and be self sufficient.

Over time native women became more active participants in the fur trade because they controlled access to productive resources, particularly agricultural produce. European fur traders in the western Great Lakes were dependent on the indigenous food supply, irreversibly altering the relationship between the people and their cultures.6 Since trade was mainly considered to be the work of Aboriginal men, women's work was designated more to the agricultural sphere and aspects of life that were related to it. In a sense, aboriginal women tended to be “multi-taskers” by “interspersing resource work with their other responsibilities... [a woman] may not have joined her husband in the canoe, but there was a good chance she grew the tobacco, made the shirts he took west to trade— maybe even made the canoe itself.”7 Traditionally in aboriginal life even prior to contact, women had performed the agricultural role of provided resources such as wild rice, maple sugar, and a variety of other vital supplies. These same items would become necessary to trade in order to receive those European goods that the community had become dependent on, indicating that aboriginal women and the products of their own labour played a significant role in the trade economy, even if they “did not usually participate in trade ceremonies or receive credit from

For starter, the reading claimed that the fur trade has been viewed as an all-male affair, but new research has indicated that Indian woman played a rather significant role in this trade. This is not a surprise to me regarding the involvement of Indian women and how they impact the trade. During that era, everything is dominated by male and it is natural that the male getting all the

The life of a pioneer woman was quite difficult, when it came to daily life. Women had the duty of taking care of the home, and helping build the home. They had to birth normally around two to four children, feed and teach them, and watch them go out on their own. Women had a very large skill set to get through their days and provide for their families. They had to know how to sew, crochet, mend, darn, cook, garden and raise children. They had to help alongside their husbands on building homes and packing the family things if they ever moved. They had to make soap, spin wool, can local fruits and vegetables, and make jellies. Women had to help with rodents and killing animals also. Many times, women’s things would be tossed out if they were

The article contributes to our understanding of the fur trade society by focusing on the motives and actions of Indian women in the fur trade which further our knowledge of Canadian history prior to confederation. There are various other articles, books and journals available in which we can draw some information on the history of Indian women in the fur trade. Unfortunately, as is noted in various readings on this topic, Indian women, coming from a non-literate society, have not left us with any writings of their own views of their motivates for being in the fur trade or deciding to leave. The only historical reference of the lives of women in the fur trade is written by men and mostly European men. Women in Between examines through multiple sources of traders observation, the life of an Indian women in the fur trade based on the accounts provided by men.

Nuns played a great part in the day-to-day life in New France. The first nuns arrived in the New World along with the Jesuits in 1639 to convert the Aboriginals from their own beliefs to the Roman Catholic faith. While the nuns were in New France they ran the churches, schools for girls, hospitals, and orphanages. Both French and Aboriginal girls took part in the education provided by the nuns. The girls were basically being prepared for adulthood, they were taught how to read, write, sew, and knit. Since Native girls were part of the school, the nuns learnt their language and created dictionaries and grammar books in their tongues. In the hospitals the nuns were to take care of the sick. The nuns didn’t have much protection against

A notion of women have changed through encounter of various European people. Before that, they have their original culture, especially women role in the society was characteristic among mid-seventeenth centry to eighteen century. At the beginning of the book, the author Gunlong Fur shows that women had important role in the Native American society of Lenape.