The Women of Wabana
Part II:
Women's Work & Activities Outside the Home
by Gail Hussey-Weir
Part II:
Women's Work & Activities Outside the Home
by Gail Hussey-Weir
Introduction to Part II
In Part I of "Women of Wabana," I concentrated on the day-to-day work activities and social life of the average Wabana miner's wife, who devoted herself to her home and family and, generally speaking, had very little outside social life. As examples of that life, I included the stories of my mother and her mother.
In Part II, I will provide stories of other women who lived and worked on Bell Island, some of whom did volunteer work in the community, others who were business women, or who worked in "female" professions such as education, health care, and office work.
In Part II, I will provide stories of other women who lived and worked on Bell Island, some of whom did volunteer work in the community, others who were business women, or who worked in "female" professions such as education, health care, and office work.
The page below from the March 1955 issue of the Submarine Miner details some of the volunteer work carried out by women in the health care field on Bell Island in the 1950s. As was still the custom at the time, most of the married women were identified by their husband's first name or initials.
