Bonds of Friendship, Kinship, and Community: Gender, Homelessness, and Mutual Aid in Early-Nineteenth-Century Montreal

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Title
Bonds of Friendship, Kinship, and Community: Gender, Homelessness, and Mutual Aid in Early-Nineteenth-Century Montreal
Abstract
A study of family and community among vagrant women arrested in Montreal between 1810 and 1842. At least 2,528 women were arrested for vagrancy in the city during this period. Of these, most involved single Irish women apprehended once or twice during this period. The author describes the brutal world in which these women lived, and the mutually dependent relationships they formed in order to search for shelter, food, comfort and protection.
Book Title
Negotiating Identities in 19th- and 20th-Century Montreal
Place
Vancouver, BC
Publisher
UBC Press
Date
2005
Pages
25-48
Language
en
Notes

The Montreal History Group.

Citation
Poutanen, Mary Anne. “Bonds of Friendship, Kinship, and Community: Gender, Homelessness, and Mutual Aid in Early-Nineteenth-Century Montreal.” In Negotiating Identities in 19th- and 20th-Century Montreal, edited by Bettina Bradbury and Tamara Myers, 25–48. Vancouver, BC: UBC Press, 2005.
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