Creating Historical Memory

Canadian women have worked, individually and collectively, at home andabroad, as creators of historical memory. This engaging collection ofessays seeks to create an awareness of the contributions made by womento history and the historical profession from 1870 to 1970 in EnglishCanada. Creating Historical Memory explores the wide range ofcareers that women have forged for themselves as writers and preserversof history within, outside, and on the margins of the academy. Theauthors suggest some of the institutional and intellectual locationsfrom which English Canadian women have worked as historians and attemptto problematize in different ways and to varying degrees, therelationship between women and historical practice.