Details

Title

Courageous Women

Statement of Responsibility

L.M. Montgomery, Marian Keith, Mabel Burns McKinley.

Author

Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller
Mabel Burns McKinley

Physical Description

vi, 203 p. ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication

Toronto

Country

Canada

Publisher

McClelland and Stewart

Edition

2nd edition.

Date of Publication

1934 Show more1934-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
1934-01-01T00:00:00.000Z Show less

Collection

L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection.

Donor

Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.

Note

This jointly-written volume of short biographies is included in the L.M. Montgomery Bookshelf Project not just because Montgomery likely read this text after she received her copy, but because she also read works by many of the women included in it. Montgomery read works by Catherine Parr Traill, Marshall Saunders, and Helen Keller at other times in her life. Her co-authors here, Marian Keith (real name Mary Esther MacGregor) and Mabel Burns McKinley, were both authors in their own right. Keith wrote novels and short stories and counted Montgomery as a friend in Canadian women's literary circles. McKinley published one novel and four other volumes on famous Canadians. In Courageous Women, the three authors recount "Inspiring Biographies of Girls Who Grew to be Women of Courage and Achievement." Montgomery was responsible for the entries on Joan of Arc (15th century patron saint of France), Florence Nightingale (late-19th century pioneer of modern nursing) and Mary Slessor (late-19th century Scottish missionary to Nigeria). A review of the volume from the Toronto Globe at the time noted that "the stories of these great women make enthralling reading – far more fascinating than fiction" ('The L.M. Montgomery Reader series, A Legacy in Review,' ed. by Benjamin Lefebvre, U of Toronto P, 2013, p. 327). Montgomery's chapters have been reprinted in the first volume of Benjamin Lefebvre’s 'The L.M Montgomery Reader series, A Life in Print' (University of Toronto P, 2013).

Contents

Joan of Arc --- Florence Nightingale -- Mary Siesor -- Laura Secord -- Catharine Parr Traill -- Queen Victoria -- Madeleine de Vercheres -- Helen Keller -- Ada May Courtice -- Caroline Macdonald -- Elizabeth Louise Mair -- Anna J. Gaudin -- Edith Cavell -- Sadie Stringer -- Madame Albani -- (Tekakionwake) Pauline Johnson -- Aletta Elise Mary -- Dr. Margaret Mackellar -- Margaret Polson Murray -- Lady Tilley -- Marshall Saunders.

Topic

Women
Canada

Genre

biography
Collection

Call Number(s)

555 CW-MS-2ND