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The Impact of Gilean Douglas’s Writing; Liberating a Man Constrained by Social Norms of Masculinity

Gilean Douglas was a outstanding journalist who writing focuses centrally on nature. Douglas was not what you would call a ‘typical women’; she was an outdoorsman. She would spend months in her cabin up in the mountains of British Columbia, isolated from society, and wrote articles of her experiences in the wilderness. Douglas however from wrote many of her outdoor experiences under the male pseudonym Grant Madison because a women writing about these experiences was questioned regarding her credibility. ‘Grant Madison’s’ often moved people resulting in people writing fan letters…read more

Henry’s Letter

The Impact of Gilean Douglas’s Writing; Liberating a Man Constrained by Social Norms of Masculinity