Damsels Relieving Distress: The Role of Maritime Women in Relief Efforts Following The Halifax Explosion of 1917
| dc.contributor.author | Bates, Katie | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T17:26:41Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-10-24T17:26:41Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025 | |
| dc.description.abstract | 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. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ec.msvu.ca/handle/10587/2366 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Mount Saint Vincent University | |
| dc.title | Damsels Relieving Distress: The Role of Maritime Women in Relief Efforts Following The Halifax Explosion of 1917 | |
| dc.type | Other |