Review of \u3ci\u3eA Female Economy: Women’s Work in a Prairie Province, 1870 - 1970 \u3c/i\u3e, by Mary Kinnear.

A Female Economy analyses how women disposed of their labor during the century from 1870 to 1970 in the Canadian province of Manitoba. This ambitious project, the culmination of Mary Kinnear\u27s interests and activities in the history of women\u27s work, reflects the skills of a mature scholar who has lived with the material for decades