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    Damsels Relieving Distress: The Role of Maritime Women in Relief Efforts Following The Halifax Explosion of 1917
    (Mount Saint Vincent University, 2025) Bates, Katie
    Historically, the figure of the ‘Maritime woman’ has been one portrayed in a singular dimension that is informed by conflated middle-class eurocentric narratives. In reality, Maritime women have always resided in a multi-dimensional space and, as such, were faced with societal paradigms in which to grapple and live with. This element of multi-dimensionality is specifically noted in analysing the roles which Maritime women held in the relief efforts following the Halifax Explosion. This crisis invoked a suspension of societal norms in order to address and minimize the harm inflicted on the Halifax population. Though relief efforts were informed by pre-existing social networks that were influenced by class-dynamics, women nonetheless were able to meaningfully participate in both the facilitation and organization of these relief efforts. The variety of positions that women held in the relief efforts following the Halifax Explosion of 1917— in the context of both female collectives and female individuals— demonstrates the multidimensionality and influence of twentieth-century Maritime women and the influence of the social structures that informed their lives.
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    The Transitional Importance of Mycenaean Children: A Comprehensive Analysis on the Perceptions of Children in Mycenaean Greece
    (Mount Saint Vincent University, 2023) Bates, Katie
    The prominence of infant mortality often results in societies developing social constructs (be it that of religion, family, etc) to aid the mass populous in reconciling with the tragic fact that many children would not survive past infancy. In the case of the Greek Mycenaean period (c.1600 BC- 1200 BC), the mortality rate was what is considered “U-Shaped” meaning that fatalities peaked both during infancy and old age– as is typical amongst pre-industrial societies.1 Those who died within infancy, referring to those aged 0-12 months, were provided with burials atypical to those of their older counterparts. Being widely excluded from typical Extramural burials, deceased infants were typically laid to rest either within or near their families home. Whilst this ‘home burial’ phenomenon depicts a centrality of importance of infant death in the domestic context, it also seemingly demonstrates an exclusion of infants from the larger Mycenaean society. When burial practices are analyzed in conjunction with textual and artistic evidence, a social paradigm begins to become clear. The attitudes toward children in Mycenaean Greece transitioned from a domestic importance to a larger social importance as they aged and became less likely to succumb to infant mortality.