metamagic67

Hello all! I am an amateur blacksmith and an interpreter at a living history museum in Canada. I am presently working on expanding our blacksmithing programming. I want to include some interpretation on the role of women blacksmiths during the settlement of Western Canada. I have found a great deal of documented evidence about the role of women blacksmiths in the Western United States. They weren’t common but they were indeed around. While I have found a great deal of anecdotal evidence to support the existence of women blacksmiths in Western Canada, I am having difficulty finding documented evidence. Is there anyone out there that can recommend either good books on blacksmithing history in Canada and/or trade journals that existed in Western Canada pre WWII? Like I said, I can find TONS of stuff on US history but in the great Canadian tradition, we didn't seem to write anything down. Any suggestions that anyone could offer regarding possible resources would be most appreciated. Thank you!