Agents of Empire: British Female Migration to Canada and Australia, 1860s-1930
The period between the 1860s and the 1920s saw a wave of female migration from Britain to Canada and Australia, much of which was managed by women. In Agents of Empire, Lisa Chilton explores the work of the women who promoted, managed, and ultimately transformed single British women's experiences of migration.\ Chilton examines the origins of women-run female emigration societies through various aspects of their work and the responses they received from emigrants and settled colonists....
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'This work is of great importance to the growing study of women and imperialism. Agents of Empire is the first book to bring together the stories and experiences of women migrating to Australia and Canada. Indeed, it provides a complete picture of both emigrators and emigrants and fits very well with international work on the subject.'-Myra Rutherdale, Department of History, York University
Acknowledgments viiAbbreviations ixIntroduction 3'With This Sign I Conquer': Middle-Class Female Emigrators and the Management of Imperial Migration 17Safe Passage: Narratives of Women in Transit 40'Grit and Grace': A New Class of Women for the Colonies 66Letters 'Home': Female Emigrants and the Imperial Family of Women 97Welcoming Women: Reception Work in Canada and Australia 118Domesticating Canberra: The Federal Capital Commission and the Domestic-Servant Project 152Conclusion 173Notes 183Index 235
