PART 1 – Developing the Quebec Cotton Industry
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This chapter explores the early days of the Quebec cotton textile industry, starting around 1844-78. It covers key figures, companies, and regions of Quebec in this industry’s establishment and development. It also examines the influence the cotton companies exerted on the economic, social, and political lives of the communities in which they operated as well as outlines the division of labour in the mills. Finally, it looks at how this industry was affected by WW1, and how the war caused a shift in the division of labour to women.
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Contributors
Gail Cuthbert Brandt
Gail Cuthbert Brandt is a specialist in Quebec history and Canadian women’s history. She is co-author of Canadian Women: A History (three editions) and of Feminist Politics on the Farm: Rural Catholic Women in Southern Quebec and Southwestern France. She holds a PhD in History from York University. She taught for 20 years at York University’s bilingual campus, Glendon College, and was named Principal of Renison University College at the University of Waterloo in 1992. A former president of the Canadian Historical Association, Dr. Cuthbert Brandt is also a founding member and former executive officer of the Ontario Women’s History Network and a member of the Canadian Committee on Women’s History.
