Nonia
Nonia .Newfoundland Outport Nursing and Industrial Association, popularly known as _Nonia_.came into existence [in 1924] as a result of the great scarcity of nurses in the outports. The object of the Association was twofold: to provide em- ployment so that communities could contribute to the cost of...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/59604 2023-12-31T10:18:40+01:00 Nonia image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/59604 eng eng N 1964 ROWE Development of Education in Nfld 174 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13825 N_13825_Nonia http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/59604 Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador Text Manuscript ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:36Z Nonia .Newfoundland Outport Nursing and Industrial Association, popularly known as _Nonia_.came into existence [in 1924] as a result of the great scarcity of nurses in the outports. The object of the Association was twofold: to provide em- ployment so that communities could contribute to the cost of a nursing service, and to raise the general standard of living by increasing earn- ing power.In 1934 the government took over from the Association the res- ponsibility of providing nurses for the outports . By this time, however, it was apparent that the industrial side of the organization had filled a need in the lives of women and the Association decided that its efforts should be continued. As a result of constant coaching and training [in the arts of weaving, dyeing and spinning] a number of women have become extremely proficient in a variety of skills and their products have attracted international attention. PRINTED ITEM G.M.Story July 1964 Used I Used I Not used Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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Nonia .Newfoundland Outport Nursing and Industrial Association, popularly known as _Nonia_.came into existence [in 1924] as a result of the great scarcity of nurses in the outports. The object of the Association was twofold: to provide em- ployment so that communities could contribute to the cost of a nursing service, and to raise the general standard of living by increasing earn- ing power.In 1934 the government took over from the Association the res- ponsibility of providing nurses for the outports . By this time, however, it was apparent that the industrial side of the organization had filled a need in the lives of women and the Association decided that its efforts should be continued. As a result of constant coaching and training [in the arts of weaving, dyeing and spinning] a number of women have become extremely proficient in a variety of skills and their products have attracted international attention. PRINTED ITEM G.M.Story July 1964 Used I Used I Not used |
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N 1964 ROWE Development of Education in Nfld 174 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13825 N_13825_Nonia http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/59604 |
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