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Examines the gendered division of labour in Newfoundland with a focus on fishing in the rural outports. Provides a history of women's presence in Newfoundland, including the growth of families as more women arrived as well as outport settlement. Documents the work done by women in the domestic sphere, including their control and supervision of onshore sundried fish drying for the market, a practice that lasted into the 1950s. Concludes that, although fishing was male-dominated, women's role both as settlers and shore crew enabled them to negotiate actively in the formation and development of the relationship of production.