Sexual Assault and Disability: Saskatchewan, 1942
Author | Constance Backhouse |
Pages | 131-164 |
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SEXUAL ASSAULT AND
DISABILITY: Saskatchewan
B I T bor n in on the family homestead near
Torquay thirtyseven miles west of Estevan Saskatchewan t he fourth in
a family of seven children.Inherfathersillhealthforcedthefam
ily to give up the farm and move to Midale, midway between Estevan and
WeyburnTheyboughttheformerdentistshouseatMainStreetwhere
the familywould residei ntothe nextgeneration Beatricesfather worked
onneighbouri ngfarms whenhis healthp ermieduntil hisdeath in
Beatricesmotherfamous forher cookingear nedsome incomebyba king
moundsofloaves forthe manybachelors whohomesteadedin the area
She also did domestic work in other Midale homes, and laboured in the
cookcarstomeet thevoraciousapp etitesofth ethresh ingcrewst hattrav
elled from farm to farm for the an nual harvests. Somehow, with the help of
the children, t he family eked out a living.
Midale, where Beatrice spent the early years of her childhood, was in the
southeast corner of Saskatchewan. It was a typical Prairie town, w ith three
grain elevators and fewer than two hundred inhabitants, where the farmers
tendedcaleandsowedunpredictablecropsofwheatoatsbarleyandrye
TherstwhitehomesteadersinMidalehadarrivedintaki ngupfarms
alongthe Soo Lineof theCan adianPacic Railwaythat connectedMoose
JawwithMinneapolisMinnesotaTheareawashardhitduringtheDepres
sionofthesandw ithseveredroughtinThatyeart hebesiegedru
ralmunicipalitydealtwit happlicationsforreliefinasevendayperiod
ThewinterofwasthecoldestonrecordOneyearlaterinJuly
ナヌニCarnalCrimes
From Plowshares to Pum pjacks: R. M. of Cymri: Macou, Mi dale, Halb rite(Midal e: R.M. of Cymr i Histor y Book Soci ety, 1984) at 5 47.
BerthaandHen ryTisdaleBeatricesparentswithheroldersibl ingsletoright
Leona, Mabel, and Howard
Atlas of Canada, atla s.gc.ca 20 05 — produced und er licence f rom Her Maje sty the Qu een in Righ t of Canada, wi th permis sion of Natu ral Resou rces Canad a
Map of the Prairies
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From Plowshares to Pum pjacks: R. M. of Cymri: Macou, Mi dale, Halb rite(Midal e: R.M. of Cymr i Histor y Book Soci ety, 1984) at 9 4.
Farmers at thresh ing time
From Plowshares to Pum pjacks: R. M. of Cymri: Macou, Mi dale, Halb rite(Midal e: R.M. of Cymr i Histor y Book Soci ety, 1984) at 6 08.
Fair time at Midale
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