Women in Upper Canada

Question 1

Generally , in the past , women in Upper Canada lived according to their social classes and most of all , according to the norms that society has dictated on them . Women who possess wealth , power , and influence are relatively treated differently by society as compared to the women who belong to the lower class . Aside from social status , another major factor that determines how women were treated in Upper Canada in the past was their race or color . It is well-known that during that time non-whites were generally considered as the lower

forms of human beings while the white people were the superior ones . In the past , those who were not members of the white race or in other words , the minority , were discriminated . However , while the treatment towards minority groups was the same for both genders , the actions of and perceptions toward women was significantly different

The lives of women in Upper Canada in the past were discussed in Julia Roberts ' A Mixed Assemblage of Persons : Race and Tavern Space in Upper Canada ' and Kevin Wamsely and Robert Kossuth 's Fighting It Out in Nineteenth Century Upper Canada /Canada West : Masculinities and Physical Challenges in the Tavern ' In both s , the lives of women were depicted particularly through their actions inside a tavern , which was once a nineteenth century rest stop for traveller and colonist both gentleman and gentlewoman alike (Wamsely Kossuth , 2000 ,

br 405 . Moreover , the tavern was a great mixture of rank and persons that...