Thursday, July 16, 2009

83 - UK Caithness - Sharon Pottinger


“Immigrant dressmakers such as Elizabeth Joyce, Ann White, or Julia Creasey, in choosing to emigrate, gambled on the unknown promise of a colonial future as the only alternative to deteriorating health and an insecure livelihood if they stayed behind.” A woman of Good Character: Single Women as Immigrant Settlers in New Zealand.

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