This article is useful in discussing the role of women in the fur trade, as well as the attitudes and policies of the trading companies towards family life. As this comes from an organization dedicated to historical re-enactments of actual voyageur journeys, it focuses on the clothing wore by women, but also sheds some light on a topic some students may be wondering about- what did women do in the fur trade?

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north west company, fur trade, hudson's bay company, native women, women of the fur trade, moving into the interior of canada

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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