"A Useful Christian Woman": First Nations' Women and Protestant Missionary Work in British Columbia
Research on British Columbia's missionary frontier suggests that women made a vital contribution to the Churches' proselytization work among the province's First Nations. However, proselytization was not the work of white women only. Aboriginal women appear to have contributed signifi...
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ftmtstvincentuni:oai:ojs-oai.localhost:article/5175 2023-05-15T16:15:46+02:00 "A Useful Christian Woman": First Nations' Women and Protestant Missionary Work in British Columbia Whitehead, Margaret application/pdf https://journals.msvu.ca/index.php/atlantis/article/view/5175 eng eng Mount Saint Vincent University https://journals.msvu.ca/index.php/atlantis/article/view/5175/4373 https://journals.msvu.ca/index.php/atlantis/article/view/5175 Copyright (c) 2015 Atlantis: Critical Studies in Gender, Culture & Social Justice Atlantis: Critical Studies in Gender, Culture & Social Justice; Volume 18, Numbers 1 and 2 (1992-1993) Atlantis: Études critiques sur le genre, la culture, et la justice; Volume 18, Numbers 1 and 2 (1992-1993) 1715-0698 0702-7818 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article ftmtstvincentuni 2021-06-30T09:41:03Z Research on British Columbia's missionary frontier suggests that women made a vital contribution to the Churches' proselytization work among the province's First Nations. However, proselytization was not the work of white women only. Aboriginal women appear to have contributed significantly to the missionary work of the Protestant Churches. Christianity, which imposed European values along with conversion, had a profound effect on aboriginal women's lives. For some, it offered, as it had to their white sisters, new opportunities for influence and status; for others, it created alienation from their people and culture. La recherche sur les missionnaires de la Colombie-britannique révèle que les femmes ont joué un rôle vital dans le travail du clergé parmi les autochtones de la province. L'évangélisation n'a cependant pas seulement été l'oeuvre des femmes blanches; en effet, les femmes autochtones semblent avoir, elles aussi, grandement contribué à ce travail. Le christianisme, qui imposait les valeurs européennes tout en convertissant, a profondément marqué la vie des femmes autochtones. Pour certaines, il leur a offert, comme pour leurs consceurs blanches, une chance d'avoir de l'influence sur leur condition et de l'améliorer. Pour d'autres, cependant, il les a aliénées de leur peuple et de leur culture. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Atlantis: Critical Studies in Gender, Culture & Social Justice |
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Research on British Columbia's missionary frontier suggests that women made a vital contribution to the Churches' proselytization work among the province's First Nations. However, proselytization was not the work of white women only. Aboriginal women appear to have contributed significantly to the missionary work of the Protestant Churches. Christianity, which imposed European values along with conversion, had a profound effect on aboriginal women's lives. For some, it offered, as it had to their white sisters, new opportunities for influence and status; for others, it created alienation from their people and culture. La recherche sur les missionnaires de la Colombie-britannique révèle que les femmes ont joué un rôle vital dans le travail du clergé parmi les autochtones de la province. L'évangélisation n'a cependant pas seulement été l'oeuvre des femmes blanches; en effet, les femmes autochtones semblent avoir, elles aussi, grandement contribué à ce travail. Le christianisme, qui imposait les valeurs européennes tout en convertissant, a profondément marqué la vie des femmes autochtones. Pour certaines, il leur a offert, comme pour leurs consceurs blanches, une chance d'avoir de l'influence sur leur condition et de l'améliorer. Pour d'autres, cependant, il les a aliénées de leur peuple et de leur culture. |
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"A Useful Christian Woman": First Nations' Women and Protestant Missionary Work in British Columbia |
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"A Useful Christian Woman": First Nations' Women and Protestant Missionary Work in British Columbia |
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"a useful christian woman": first nations' women and protestant missionary work in british columbia |
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Atlantis: Critical Studies in Gender, Culture & Social Justice; Volume 18, Numbers 1 and 2 (1992-1993) Atlantis: Études critiques sur le genre, la culture, et la justice; Volume 18, Numbers 1 and 2 (1992-1993) 1715-0698 0702-7818 |
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