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Woman of Labrador / Elizabeth Goudie ; edited and with an introduction by David Zimmerly.

by Goudie, Elizabeth, 1902-1982.

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Nimbus Publishing, 1996.

971.8202092 G688w

Goudie, Elizabeth, 1902-1982.

Frontier and pioneer life -- Newfoundland and Labrador.

Labrador (N.L.) -- Biography.

9781551091433 (pbk.)

200 p. : ill. , maps ; 20 cm.

"Originally published in 1973, Woman of Labrador is Elizabeth Goudie’s enduring and candid story of her pioneering life as a trapper’s wife in the early 1900s. She was left alone much of the year to rear eight children while her husband worked the traplines, providing furs for their meagre income. Independent and resourceful, Elizabeth filled multiple roles as homemaker, doctor, cook, hunter, shoemaker, and seamstress for her growing family. In the span of eighty years, she witnessed radical changes to Labrador, such as the construction of an airport at Goose Bay during the Second World War. Where once there had been pride and contentment in a harmonious relationship with the land, there came displacement and despair as the wilderness was overtaken by military and industrial projects. One of Elizabeth Goudie’s greatest triumphs was her steady pride in Labrador, her “country,” and her ideal of peace among neighbours. Her memoir is not about bitterness and defeat but courage and love, recounted with pride and humour. In 1975, Elizabeth was awarded an honorary degree from Memorial University. She died in Happy Valley, Labrador, in 1982."--publisher website.

Zimmerly, David.

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