"Electronic books." . . "Okanagan Valley (B.C. : Region)" . . "Alice Barrett@Parke*1861-1952*" . . "Frontier and pioneer life Political aspects 19th century Biography Okanagan River Valley (B.C. and Wash.)" . . "Pionniers Okanagan, Vallée de l' (C.-B. et Wash.) Journaux intimes." . . "Pioneers Okanagan River Valley (B.C. and Wash.) Diaries." . . "Vie quotidienne." . . "Pioneers Political aspects 19th century Diaries Okanagan River Valley (B.C. and Wash.)" . . . . "Pioneers" . . "Vie des pionniers Colombie-Britannique Okanagan, Vallée de." . . "North America" . . "Pionnier." . . "Vallée de l'Okanagan (C.-B.)" . . "Vie des pionniers Colombie-Britannique Okanagan, Vallée d'" . . "Pioneers Okanagan River Valley (BC. and Wash.)" . . "Okanagan, Vallée d' (C.-B.)" . . "Okanagan River Valley (B.C. and Wash.)" . . "Frontier and pioneer life Okanagan River Valley (BC. and Wash.)" . . "Frontier and pioneer life Okanagan River Valley (B.C. and Wash.) Biography." . . "1800 - 1899" . . "Vie des pionniers Okanagan, Vallée de l' (C.-B. et Wash.)" . . "Parke, Alice Barrett, Journal intime." . . "Pionniers Colombie-Britannique Okanagan, Vallée d' Journaux intimes." . . "HISTORY Canada General." . . "Frontier and pioneer life" . . "Okanagan Valley (B.C.)" . . "Okanagan River Valley (BC and Wash)" . . . . . "Biographie (Descripteur de forme)" . "In 1891, Alice Barrett moved from Port Dover, Ontario, to the Okanagan Valley to keep house for her brother and uncle. She soon married Harold Parke, a former NWMP officer, and spent the next decade recording her experiences in a series of notebooks sent to her Ontario family. Few women's diaries have survived from that time, and Barrett Parke recalls a period of profound transformation in a region newly opened to white settlement by the railway. She was an astute observer and an exceptional writer, and her diaries provide invaluable insights into work, health, religion, race and gender relations, and women's lives. On a personal level, her writings show the conflict between her independent spirit and women's traditional roles. Although wary of the emerging feminism of the time, Alice was co-opted into the \"vice-regal circle\" of the Countess of Aberdeen, who stayed at nearby Coldstream Ranch, and became the first corresponding secretary of the Vernon chapter of the National Council of Women. Careful editing and additional research to contextualize the social and historical background, as well as biographical details, photos, and maps enhance the reader's understanding and appreciation of this remarkable woman's life, and the lives of those around her. Selected as a BC Book for Everybody."@en . "Hobnobbing with a countess and other Okanagan adventures : the diaries of Alice Barrett Parke, 1891-1900"@en . . . "Diaries"@en . "Diaries" . . . "Livres électroniques" . . . "Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme)" . . "Livre électronique (Descripteur de forme)" . . . "Hobnobbing with a Countess and Other Okanagan Adventures the Diaries of Alice Barrett Parke, 1891-1900"@en . "Hobnobbing with a countess and other Okanagan adventures the diaries of Alice Barrett Parke, 1891-1900" . . . . . . "Hobnobbing with a Countess and other Okanagan adventures : the diaries of Alice Barrett Parke, 1891-1900" . . "Hobnobbing with a countess, and other Okanagan adventures the diaries of Alice Barrett Parke, 1891-1900" . "Hobnobbing with a countess, and other Okanagan adventures the diaries of Alice Barrett Parke, 1891-1900"@en . . . . . . . . "Biography" . "Biography"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Electronic resource"@en . . . . "Hobnobbing with a countess, and other Okanagan adventures : the diaries of Alice Barrett Parke, 1891-1900" . . . . . . . . "Okanagan, Vallée de l' (C.-B. et Wash.)" . .