The Rock Where We Stand : : An Ethnography of Women's Activism in Newfoundland / / Glynis George.
Bay St. George in western Newfoundland is a region characterized by a boom and bust economy and shaped by the establishment of the Earnest Harmon American Airforce Base. This ethnography explores how women at the Bay St. George Women's Council deal specifically with the issues of single motherh...
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