Women and the White Man's God: Gender and Race in the Canadian Mission Field

Based on diaries, letters, and mission correspondence, Women and the White Man's God is the first comprehensive examination of women's roles in domestic Anglican missions in northern British Columbia, Yukon, and the Northwest Territories. The status of women in the Anglican Church, gender relations in the mission field, and encounters between Aboriginals and missionaries are carefully scrutinized. Arguing that the mission encounter challenged colonial hierarchies, Rutherdale expands our understanding of colonization at the intersection of gender, race, and religion.