Lord Don T Want Me Devil Won T Take Me Pansy May Stuttard

In the 1920s the prohibition on liquor was in full swing in the US and unscrupulous Canadians sold liquor across the border to the thirsty Americans. In an isolated corner of Tsawwassen, BC right on the the border with Point Roberts, Wash stood a roughly built house and lodge. "A place of entertainment were you could get anything you wanted. You could bring a woman of if you didn't have one she'd get you one," said Provincial Police Constable Warren "Slim" Cameron. The roughneck woman who lived there and ran the operation was Pansy May Stuttard. She lived an interesting life, often on the wrong side of the law. After American prohibition ended in the 1930s, she moved up the road to where Fred Gingell Park is today. This is the story of "Pistol-packin' Pansy" and her survival in what was very much a man's world.

An inspiring and eye-opening collection of true stories about sixteen women who blazed their own trails in life and contributed in a fundamental way to the history of Vancouver Island and the surrounding islands. In this fascinating follow-up to On Their Own Terms, author Haley Healey chronicles the lives of a whole new crop of resilient, hard-working, rule-breaking, diverse women who lived on and around Vancouver Island. Flourishing and Free introduces readers to Sylvia Stark, who was born into slavery in Missouri and went on to become a homesteader on Salt Spring Island; Mary Ann Croft, the first female lighthouse keeper in all of Canada; Victoria Chung, the first Asian-Canadian person to earn a medical degree, who provided urgent care during the Second World War; Barbara Touchie (Sičquuʔuƛ), who dedicated forty years of her life to revitalizing and sharing the Nuu-chah-nulth language; Minnie Paterson, who completed an epic night hike through a west coast storm to rescue sailors shipwrecked on a tempestuous shoreline known as the "Graveyard of the Pacific"; and many more. Uplifting, empowering, and entertaining, this concise collection of stories will appeal to anyone interested in learning more about the unsung heroines of the West Coast.

Arranged by Johnnie Vinson (Grade 3).

Soft bound music score for piano.