Articles tagged with: Lissa Paul

• Event: Book Launch and Signing

  Wednesday, November 13, 2019 | By Tarryn Landman

  

  Eliza Fenwick: Early Modern Feminist by Dr. Lissa Paul

  Thursday, Nov. 21st, 2019
  7 to 9 p.m.
  Niagara Historical Society Museum
  43 Castlereagh Street
  Niagara-on-the-Lake

  Join Dr. Lissa Paul to celebrate the release of Eliza Fenwick, Early Modern Feminist.

  More than a century before feminism was invented, British author, teacher and single-working grandmother, Eliza Fenwick (1766-1840) was making it on her own. In tracing Fenwick’s odyssey to 240 Centre Street in Niagara-of-the-Lake in the 1830s from radical London of the 1790s (via Barbados and New York), Dr. Paul reveals Fenwick as a Canadian heroine and author. Learn more about this fascinating book.

  Research for Eliza Fenwick, Early Modern Feminist (U Delaware Press, 2019) was generously supported by SSHRC.

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• Education prof takes deep look at important Canadian educator

  Friday, August 30, 2019 | By Tarryn Landman

  

  Brock University’s Lissa Paul has spent countless hours examining archives in four countries to track down information on a woman who died nearly 180 years ago.

  For many years, the Faculty of Education professor has been drawn to the story of Eliza Fenwick (1766-1840), an educator and author who Paul believes helped shape Canada as we know it.Read more

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