Rebel women

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Rebel Women begins by moving in and out of womens kitchens, parlours, meetings and wagon-rides on the eve and throughout Torontos 1837 Rebellion. The poems let the reader eavesdrop on the loves, fears, hatreds and courage of these feisty pioneers as they are engulfed by an uprising some did or did not support. The poems are based on the stories, gossip, and rumours that Kaspers grandmother, Statira Catherine Shepard the granddaughter of Joseph Shepard, a prominent leader of the Reform Party (after whom Sheppard Avenue is named) and the youngest daughter of Rebel Joseph (jailed for insurrection with his three brothers) shared with the poet when she was growing up. Almost nothing has been written about the women who supported, opposed or endured the failed December Rebellion of 1837certainly not in poetry. This collection honours these daring women, what happened to them, and how they took charge of their lives.