Sarah: Melody Hessing (ed.), This Elusive Land: Women and the Canadian Environment. UBC Press, 2004.

Annabelle: Avraham Grossman, Pious and Rebellious: Jewish Women in Medieval Europe. Brandeis University Press, 2004.

Megan: Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812. Penguin Random House (Vintage), 1991.

Caliesha: Jane Ellen Harrison, Reminiscences of a Student’s Life. McNally Editions, 2024.

Bethany: Judith Fingard, Jack in Port: Sailortowns of Eastern Canada. University of Toronto Press, 1982.

Fiona: Mary Elizabeth Fissell, Vernacular Bodies: The Politics of Reproduction in Early Modern England. Oxford University Press, 2004.

Marienza: Valerie J. Korinek, Prairie Fairies: A History of Queer Communities and People in Western Canada, 1930-1985. University of Toronto Press, 2018.

Patricia: Flora Delargy, Gold Rush: The Untold Story of the First Nations Woman Who Started the Klondike Gold Rush. Wide Eyed Editions, 2024.