Biography
Assistant Professor
BA (Mt. Allison); MA (St. Mary's); PhD (UNB)
Sharon Myers' publications about women and children in the Maritimes have appeared in Separate Sphere: Women's Worlds in the 19th-Century Maritimes (Fredericton: Acadiensis Press, 1994); Children's Voices in Atlantic Literature and Culture: Essays on Childhood (Guelph: Children's Literature Press, 1995); Rethinking Canada: The Promise of Women's History, 3rd ed. (Toronto: Oxford Press, 1997); and Dictionary of Canadian Biography,Vol XIV (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998).
Her most recent project focuses on the New Brunswick Child Welfare Survey, 1927-1933, and considers the dynamics among the family, civil society, and the state. Sharon teaches courses in modern Canadian history, including courses in women's, social, and cultural history.
Recent Publications
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The Apocrypha of Minnie McGee
- Acadiensis, 2009
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Not to be ranked as women
- Separate spheres, 1994
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[Review of the book Workers and the state in twentieth century Nova Scotia]
- The Atlantic Provinces Book Review, 1990
Research Classification
- no classification
Research Interests
- History of women and work
- Family history (deviance, etc.)
- Child welfare