Book Information

  • Series: Amazing Stories
  • Imprint: James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
  • Publication Date: 16 August 2005
  • Copyright Year: 2005
  • ISBN: 9781554390144
  • Page Count: 144
  • Dimensions: 5.5" x 8.5"

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Rebel Women of the East Coast

Daring to go Beyond the Limits

by Michelle Porter

Some women achieve extraordinary things during their lifetime. The incredible women in these stories - who lived from 350 years ago to the late twentieth century - contributed their courage, their vision, and their strength to their families and their communities.
Some women achieve extraordinary things during their lifetime. The incredible women in these stories - who lived from 350 years ago to the late twentieth century - contributed their courage, their vision, and their strength to their families and their communities.

About the Author

MICHELLE PORTER is a part-time freelance writer and journalist and full-time mother living in Saint John, New Brunswick. She graduated from Mount Royal College in Calgary, Alberta with a B.A. in Communications and Journalism. After working with the Telegraph Journal, New Brunswick's daily newspaper, she decided to work as a freelancer. She has written news and magazine stories, short stories, and radio dramas, and put together the curriculum for a creative non-fiction writing course, which she then taught.

Subjects (BISAC)

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, HISTORY / Canada / General

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