This pioneering study of Finnish immigrant women in Canada from 1890 to 1930 sets out to answer several questions about the lives of Finnish women in Canada. The spirit of optimism and defiance of traditional values which had led these young women to emigrate in the first place was carried over into their lives in Canada. They campaigned vigorously for higher wages, better working conditions and, above all, for dignified, humane treatment. Because of their full-time, live-in status as domestics, they chose not to have families, or to limits their size severely. They were independent-minded, articlate and hard-working. This book gives a penetrating and unique look at the social, cultural and economic conditions in which these women lived in the early years of the twentieth century. It is an invaluable addition to our knowledge of ethnic and immigration history.

Defiant sisters: A social history of Finnish immigrant women in Canada (Studies in ethnic and immigration history)

Politics & Social Sciences

Lindström, Varpu

Social Sciences

Multicultural History Society of Ontario

From Heroes to Enemies is a social history of Finnish Canadians depicting the turbulent war years. Based on ten years of meticulous archival research, supported by extensice RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) documents obtained under the Access to Information Act of Canada, diaries, letter collections, and interviews, the book reveals a web of conflicts and previously unknown, suppressed phenomena. After years of negative press during the depression and the "red scare", Finns were suddenly elevated to heroes during the Winter War of 1939-1940, the battle between David and Goliath, Finland and Russia. When the crazy quilt of international relations changed, Finnish Canadians became enemy aliens as their former homeland fought against Canada's new ally, the Soviet Union, alongside Canada's enemy, Germany. Throughout it all, Finnisah Canadians did not change, their needs and desires remained unchanged, but with the pendulum of international politics they swung from heroes to enemies to heroes as if buffeted by contrary winds.

From Heroes to Enemies - Finns in Canada, 1937-1947

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Defiant sisters: A social history of Finnish immigrant women in Canada (Studies in ethnic and immigration history)

Defiant sisters: A social history of Finnish immigrant women in Canada (Studies in ethnic and immigration history)

From Heroes to Enemies - Finns in Canada, 1937-1947