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Boudreau, Michael S. (Michael Scott), 1967-
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Martin, Ida, 1907-2004 -- Diaries.
Working class women -- New Brunswick -- Saint John -- Diaries.
Housewives -- New Brunswick -- Saint John -- Diaries.
Diarists -- New Brunswick -- Saint John -- Diaries.
Saint John (N.B.) -- Biography.
Saint John (N.B.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Boudreau, Michael S. (Michael Scott), 1967-
Martin, Ida, 1907-2004 -- Diaries.
Working class women -- New Brunswick -- Saint John -- Diaries.
Housewives -- New Brunswick -- Saint John -- Diaries.
Diarists -- New Brunswick -- Saint John -- Diaries.
Saint John (N.B.) -- Biography.
Saint John (N.B.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Just the usual work : the social worlds of
Ida
Martin
, working-class diarist / Michael Boudreau and Bonnie Huskins.
by
Boudreau, Michael S. (Michael Scott), 1967-
McGill-Queen's University Press, 2021.
Call #:
971.532 B756j
Subjects
Martin
,
Ida
,
1907-2004
--
Diaries
.
Working class women
--
New Brunswick
--
Saint John
--
Diaries
.
Housewives
--
New Brunswick
--
Saint John
--
Diaries
.
Diarists
--
New Brunswick
--
Saint John
--
Diaries
.
Saint John (N.B.)
--
Biography.
Saint John (N.B.)
--
Social conditions
--
20th century.
ISBN:
9780228005490 (pbk)
9780228005483 (cloth)
Description:
xii, 176 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"Born in 1907,
Ida
Martin
spent most of her life in Saint John, New Brunswick. She married a longshoreman named Allan Robert
Martin
in 1932 and they had one daughter. In the years that followed,
Ida
had a busy and varied life, full of work, caring for her family, and living her faith. Through it all,
Ida
found time to keep a daily diary from 1945 to 1992. Bonnie Huskins is
Ida
Martin
's granddaughter. In Just the Usual Work, she and Michael Boudreau draw on
Ida
's
diaries
, family memories, and the history of Atlantic Canada to shed light on the everyday life of a working-class housewife during a period of significant social and political change. They examine
Ida
's observations about the struggles of making ends meet on a longshoreman's salary, the labour confrontations at the Port of Saint John, the role of automobiles in the family economy, the importance of family, faith, and political engagement, and her experience of widowhood and growing old.
Ida
Martin
's
diaries
were often read by members of her family to reconstruct and relive their shared histories. By sharing the p. of her
diaries
with a wider audience, Just the Usual Work keeps
Ida
's memory alive while continuing her abiding commitment to documenting the past and finding meaning in the rhythms of everyday life."--Publisher.
Genre:
Diaries
.
Other authors:
Huskins, Bonnie, 1963-
Martin
,
Ida
,
1907-2004
.
Diaries
. Selections.
Holds:
1
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