L'héritage d'Elizabeth Davie : première femme constructeur de navires au Canada

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Title
L'héritage d'Elizabeth Davie : première femme constructeur de navires au Canada
Abstract
A biography of the British-born Elizabeth Taylor Davie (1803-1873), who took over the Davie Shipyard in Lévis, Quebec, in 1836 following the drowning death of her husband, Allison Davie. The mother of nine children, she was the first woman to head a shipbuilding firm in Canada. She ran the shipyard until 1850, when she turned business over to her son, George Taylor Davie.
Date
2017
Publisher
Les Éditions GID
Place
Québec
# of Pages
124p.
ISBN
978-2-89634-325-6
Language
fr
Citation
Reid Marcil, Eileen. L’héritage d’Elizabeth Davie : première femme constructeur de navires au Canada. Québec: Les Éditions GID, 2017.
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