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List of Illustrations / vii Acknowledgements / ix Introduction / xi Part A: Contexts: Women and Print in Canada, to 1918 1 Women and the Broader Contexts of Print / 3 2 Beginnings to the 1850s / 25 Part B: Women Writers at Work 3 Strategies of Legitimation / 47 4 The Business of a Woman’s Life / 65 5 Canadian Women and American Markets / 91 Part C: Breaking New Ground after 1875 6 Periodicals and Journalism / 105 7 Stretching the Range: Secular Non-fiction / 125 8 From Religion to Reform / 139 9 The New Woman / 159 10 Addressing the Margins of Race / 177 Conclusion: Observations on the Canon / 193 Notes / 199 Selected Bibliography / 237 Index / 263 contents  v This page intentionally left blank ...

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