Women in nineteenth-century Toronto owned factories and stores, were involved in professions and vocations, and were not housebound uneducated women as historians generally suggest. Elizabeth Gillan Muir shows how wide-ranging women's activities were - from owning taverns, schools, and market gardens to working as doctors, musicians, and butchers.
Tracing two thousand years of female leadership, influence, and participation, Elizabeth Gillan Muir examines the various positions women have filled in the church.
English Royal Women and Literary Patronage, C.1000-C.1150
The book delves into the intertwined histories of two significant figures in medieval England, exploring the Encomium Emmae Reginae, which highlights Emma's influence as the wife of Æthelred II and Cnut, and The Life of King Edward, centered on Edith, the spouse of Edward the Confessor. Through these narratives, it examines the roles and impacts of royal women in shaping political and cultural landscapes during their respective eras.