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Coffee, Tea and Spinsters’ Spree: Female Imperialism in Sherbrooke and the Eastern Townships
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Coffee, Tea and Spinsters’ Spree: Female Imperialism in Sherbrooke and the Eastern Townships
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A history of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire (IODE) in the Eastern Townships, which began in Sherbrooke in 1910. Margaret Clark Murray, a journalist, philanthropist and wife of an influential McGill University professor, founded the organization in Montreal in 1900. The author outlines the growth and development of the Order in the Townships, its work in health, education and welfare, and its large contribution to both local and national efforts during wartime. She also traces the IODE’s change and decline through the twentieth century, exploring its significance in an increasingly French Canadian area, and its construction of maternal citizenship. The author notes that the IODE was the largest group of twentieth century female imperialists in the British Empire, and as patriotic women it supported the advancement of an Anglo-Canada that celebrated all things British and advanced Canada’s destiny as a part of the British Empire.
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Journal of Eastern Townships Studies/Revue d’études des Cantons de l’Est
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No. 21
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73-97
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Fall 2002
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en
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Pickles, Katie. “Coffee, Tea and Spinsters’ Spree: Female Imperialism in Sherbrooke and the Eastern Townships.” Journal of Eastern Townships Studies/Revue d’études des Cantons de l’Est No. 21 (Fall 2002): 73–97. http://www.etrc.ca/journal/jets-archive/.
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