Gendered Pasts 2003
DOI: 10.3138/9781442627970-005
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2 The homeless, the whore, the drunkard, and the disorderly: contours of female vagrancy in the Montreal courts, 1810-1842

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“…In her study of vagrancy in nineteenth-century Montreal, Mary Anne Poutanen has offered an account placing the problem of female homelessness in the context of prostitution and the emerging bourgeois construction of female sexuality, whereas Janice Harvey and Sharon Anne Cook have explained the rise of institutional care for women in terms of the growing destitution of women occasioned by industrialization and the instability of employment. 7 These historians have provided key insights into the growing institutionalization of homeless women throughout the nineteenth century in Canada. In this article, I wish to highlight two alternative perspectives to explain the foundation of refuges for women, especially the sick and dependent elderly.…”
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“…In her study of vagrancy in nineteenth-century Montreal, Mary Anne Poutanen has offered an account placing the problem of female homelessness in the context of prostitution and the emerging bourgeois construction of female sexuality, whereas Janice Harvey and Sharon Anne Cook have explained the rise of institutional care for women in terms of the growing destitution of women occasioned by industrialization and the instability of employment. 7 These historians have provided key insights into the growing institutionalization of homeless women throughout the nineteenth century in Canada. In this article, I wish to highlight two alternative perspectives to explain the foundation of refuges for women, especially the sick and dependent elderly.…”
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“…5 C'est surtout la répression de l'errance qui a retenu l'intérêt des historiens canadiens : Bright, 1995 ; Philips, 1990. Dans le cas de l'utilisation des lois contre le vagabondage dans la répression des femmes, voir: Poutanen, 1997 ;Myers, 1996. Selon nos connaissances, l'article de James Pitsula sur l'assistance aux vagabonds à Toronto constitue une des rares études de fond à traiter de cette question pour une ville canadienne : Pitsula, 1980. Voir aussi nos propres travaux sur le sujet : Aranguiz, 2000 ;Aranguiz, Fecteau, 2000. Pour une période plus tardive voir : Bisson, 1999.…”
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