Proquest Dissertations
Of course one keeps a Diary with a vague consciousness that at some time or another, some person or another, will read some part or another of that Diary. Now, in my case, that is rather an important consideration. Living as I do—in the atmosphere of 'headquarters'—visiting as I do . with the men who are now making part of the History of their country, I am always afraid of putting anything in these pages, which, in time to come, I may find ought not to have been written. There is no denying [that] Journal writing ... is somewhat of a responsibility & circumstances make it decidedly so in mine. (Agnes Macdonald's Diary, 17 November 1867) PEACE, ORDER, AND 'GOOD HOUSEKEEPING': FEMININE AUTHORITY AND INFLUENCE IN LADY AGNES MACDONALD'S CANADA by Robin Sutherland B.A., Wilfrid Laurier University, 1990 M.A., Acadia University, 1995 A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Ph.D. in the Graduate Academic Unit of English Supervisor: Wendy J. Robbins, Ph.D., Department of English Examining Board: Gail Campbell, Ph.D., Department of History, Chair Margaret Conrad, Ph.D., Department of History Mary Rimmer, Ph.D., Department of English External Examiner: Janice Fiamengo, Ph.D., Department of English, University of Ottawa This dissertation is accepted by the Dean of Graduate Studies THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK January, 2010 © Robin Sutherland, 2010 Library and Archives Bibliotheque et 1*1 Canada Archives Canada Published Heritage Direction du Branch Patrimoine de I'edition 395 Wellington Street 395,
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