 | Mina Hubbard, Anne Hart - 2005 - 536 sider
...superior in physical strength to men. In the oftquoted words of the Chipewyan Matonabbee, "Women ... were made for labour; one of them can carry, or haul, as...much as two men can do. They also pitch our tents, made [sic] and mend our clothing, keep us warm at night." 152 Although Mina did some sewing and mending... | |
 | Kerry Margaret Abel - 2005 - 394 sider
...powers, they were also believed to be physically stronger than men. As Matonabbee explained, "women were made for labour: one of them can carry, or haul, as much as two men can do."20 Work was clearly divided on the basis of sex. Men were the hunters of large game, and they manufactured... | |
 | Mary P. Ryan - 2009 - 448 sider
...this assessment of women's value. A Chippewa chief was quoted as saying, "women were made for labor. One of them can carry or haul as much as two men can."17 Regardless of invidious distinctions, be they drawn in contrast to native men or European ladies,... | |
 | 331 sider
...meet with success in hunting, who is to carry the produce of their labour? Women," added he, "were made for labour; one of them can carry, or haul, as...make and mend our clothing, keep us warm at night; and, in fact, there is no such thing as travelling any considerable distance, or for any length of... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1797 - 610 sider
...they meet with fuccefs in hunting, who is to carry the produce of their labour? Women, added he, were made for labour; one of them can carry, or haul, as much as two men can do. They alfo pitch our tents, make and mend our clothing, keep us_warm at night; and, in fadt, there is no... | |
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were made for labour; one of them can carry, or haul, as much as two men can do. They also pitch our tents, make and mend our clothing, keep us warm at night; and, in fact, there is no such thing as travelling any considerable distance, or for any length... 
