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020			_a9781991164445
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035			_a(OCoLC)1434080625
040			_aNZWPM _beng _erda _cNZWPM _dNZAUC _dOCLCO
100			_aPeden, Robert _eauthor. _q(Robert L.), _955295
245	1	0	_aNailed boots and crinoline gowns : _bwomen on the rural frontier in nineteenth century New Zealand / _cRobert Peden.
246	3	0	_aWomen on the rural frontier in nineteenth century New Zealand
260			_aMasterton, New Zealand _bFraser Books _c2024.
300			_a226 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
500			_aIncludes index.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- Part one: The journey. Leaving Britain ; Life on immigrant ships -- The immigrants' new world -- Part two: The first Pākehā women. Women in the vanguard of European settlement ; The shifting pastoral frontier -- Part three: Courting and marriage. Coming of age in a new colony ; Marriage and weddings -- Part four: Remoteness of the rural frontier . Isolation and its impact on women settlers ; Living on the margins ; Servicing the frontier -- Part five: Childbirth, children & families. Colonial birthing practices ; The size of colonial families ; Perils of childhood and childbirth -- Part six: Women at home. Managing home and family ; Caring for body and soul ; Servants -- Part seven: Women in the wider world. Success in farming and business ; Catherine Fulton -- a life of service -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
520			_a"Histories of Pākehā settlement in New Zealand have often ignored the role of women, or devalued their contribution to mere adjuncts to the work of men. In Nailed Boots and Crinoline Gowns historian Robert Peden argues that not only were women present from the very beginnings of settlement, they were also industrious partners with their menfolk in farming and other enterprises. Despite the Victorian ideal of women as primarily domestic helpmates to their husbands, many women succeeded on the farm and in the wider world. Many settlers on New Zealand's rural frontier lived in extreme isolation, far from friends, family and support. In times of crisis, such as childbirth or severe illness, their resourcefulness was sorely tried. Many developed a healthy self-reliance to manage this acute deprivation, some were broken by it. Nailed Boots and Crinoline Gowns presents the stories of women living on the rural frontier in the first two or three Pakeha--generations. Through their diaries, letters and other sources the author relates the vivid stories of women who toiled long and hard, shoulder to shoulder with their men, even as they cared for their families."--Publisher description.
650		0	_aRural women _zNew Zealand _xHistory _y19th century. _955296
650		0	_aFarm life _zNew Zealand _xHistory _y19th century. _955297
651		0	_aNew Zealand _xHistory _y19th century. _920773
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