Jean McIlwraith
Jean McIlwraith | |
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 Jean N. McIlwraith, from a 1901 publication. | |
| Born | December 28, 1858 Hamilton, Ontario |
| Died | November 17, 1938 (aged 79) Burlington, Ontario |
| Occupation | Writer (novelist) |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 19th, 20th century |
| Genre | Historical fiction, biography |
Jean Newton McIlwraith (December 28, 1858 – November 17, 1938) was a Canadian novelist and biographer.
Biography[]
McIlwraith was born in 1858 in Hamilton, Ontario. Her parents were Mary Park and Thomas McIlwraith, a noted ornithologist.[1] She attended the and studied modern literature through a correspondence program with Queen Margaret College of the University of Glasgow. From 1902 to 1919 she worked in New York City for publishing companies and achieved the position of head reader at Doubleday, Page and Co. In 1919 she returned to Canada to devote her time to writing.[2] She suffered from arteriosclerosis and died from pneumonia in Burlington, Ontario in 1938.[3]
Works[]
McIlwraith published one opera and several books in the genre of romance and historical fiction. She also published numerous short stories which appeared in magazines such as Harper's, Atlantic Monthly and Cornhill Magazine.[1][2]
- Ptarmigan, 1895 (comic opera, co-authored with John Aldous)
- The Making of Mary, 1895 (pseud. Jean Forsyth)
- The Span o' Life: a Tale of Louisburg and Quebec, 1899
- Canada, 1900
- The Curious Case or Roderick Campbell, 1901
- Kinsmen at War, 1927
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Virginia Blain; Isobel Grundy; Patrica Clements, eds. (1990). The Feminist Companion to Literature in English. United Kingdom: B.T. Batsford. pp. 691–692.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Sandra Campbell; Lorraine McMullen (1991). New Women: Short Stories by Canadian Women, 1900-1920. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press. pp. 291–292.
- ^ "McIlwraith, Jean Newton". Simon Fraser University. 2014.
Further reading[]
- Barber, Marilyn. "The Women Ontario welcomed: Immigrant Domestics for Ontario Homes, 1870-1930," Ontario History 72 (Sept. 1980): 148-172.
- Wilson, Elizabeth. "Beloved Friend," Saturday Night, 17 Dec. 1938: 28.
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- Canadian women novelists
- 19th-century Canadian novelists
- 20th-century Canadian novelists
- 19th-century Canadian women writers
- 20th-century Canadian women writers