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Laura Secord, a heroine during the War of 1812? Or a heroine for the women’s rights movement?

Was Laura Secord a heroine during the War of 1812? Or was she a heroine for the women’s rights movement? In George Ingram’s article, “The Story of Laura Secord Revisited”, Mr. Ingram examines the effect of Laura’s walk upon the outcome of the war, as well as her later role in the women’s right’s movement. Laura led the way for women’s rights and feminism in the 1890’s and early 1900’s. In Cecelia Morgan’s article “Of Slender Frame and Delicate Appearance: The Placing of Laura Secord in the Narratives of Canadian Loyalist History”, Ms. Morgan looks at women’s rights in terms of the movement, with the spirit of Laura Secord being its representative, and how Laura Secord was added to the narratives of Canadian history. “Secord became part of the narratives of Loyalist Crown primarily – although not solely – because of the attempts of women historians and writers who, from the 1880’s on, strove to incorporate women into Canadian history and to dislodge ...

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