In Her Own Footsteps: Flora Ross and Her Struggle for Identity and Independence in the Colonial West
In the summer of 1859, British and American troops stood at the brink of war over a small island in the Pacific Northwest, each claiming sovereignty over the region in a military standoff that has become known as the "Pig War" of San Juan Island. In the midst of the dispute sat a Hudson's Bay Company farm, where seventeen year-old Flora Ross, the Métis daughter (Anishinaabe/Scottish) of a prominent company family, nursed a farmworker's dying wife. The American instigator of the military incursion, Paul K. Hubbs, Jr., courted Flora throughout the standoff, and they were married as the two nations announced a peaceful joint occupation agreement. Their marriage was celebrated in newspapers as a second joint occupation of the island. But the marriage didn't turn out to be peaceful, as Hubbs soon turned abusive and kept a mistress on a neighboring island. To escape, Flora had to overcome the lack of civil divorce laws in the colony of their marriage, the political power of her father-in-law in Washington Territory, and societal prejudices against a young Métis woman struggling to regain her independence and build a career as a nurse. In Her Own Footsteps is written in novel form, but tells the true story of Flora Amelia Ross-a pioneer in the B.C. healthcare industry-and her struggle for identity and independence, to the extent surviving documents permit. It is B.C. history told through the eyes of a young Métis woman caught between two communities, and caught between two nations.
yazar | D J Richardson |
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Boyutlar ve boyutlar | 15.24 x 3.02 x 22.86 cm |
Tarafından yayınlandı | 15 Eylül 2020 |
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yazar | D J Richardson |
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isbn 10 | 1735297909 |
isbn 13 | 978-1735297903 |
Yayımcı | Butterwort Books |
Boyutlar ve boyutlar | 15.24 x 3.02 x 22.86 cm |
Tarafından yayınlandı In Her Own Footsteps: Flora Ross and Her Struggle for Identity and Independence in the Colonial West | 15 Eylül 2020 |
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