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Tweed Curtain Pioneers

by Betty Gordon Funke

114 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #03-1344; ISBN 1-4120-0975-8; US$14.95, C$17.95, EUR12.50, £9.00

Betty Gordon Funke has delved into the lives of exceptional women where the past seems like the present, in that determination, courage and trust have not changed.

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About the Book

It's time for Oak Bay women's lives to be highlighted!

Oak Bay's 100th anniversary is to be celebrated in 2006. Tweed Curtain Pioneers tells the stories of some fascinating women who accomplished great things at a time when men were the celebrated achievers.

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About the Author

Betty Gordon Funke is a native daughter of British Columbia and a graduate of McGill University with degrees in Arts and Library Sciences. As a journalist for over twenty years with Canadian and U.S. published work, she has taught creative writing at the Braille Institute of Los Angeles and at Camosun College in Victoria.

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Table of Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Alma Russell
• Ina D.D. Uhthoff
• Margaret Alice Beckwith
• Laura C. Parfitt
• Harriet Pat Brown
• E. Marjorie Hill
• Annie Elizabeth Townsend
• Edythe Hembroff-Schleicher
• Margaret Isabel Craig
• Nora Paterson
• Audrey St. Denys Johnson
• Pioneer Carvers (Group of Seven)
• Bibliographic Sources
• Index

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Catalogue Information

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