Marie Joussaye

Marie Joussaye (1864 in Belleville, Ontario – 24 March 1949 in Vancouver) was a Canadian poet.

Marie Joussaye
BornMarie Josie
1864
Belleville, Ontario
Died1949
Vancouver
Occupationjournalist
NationalityCanadian
Genrepoetry
SpouseDavid Heatherington Fotheringham

Life

Marie Josie grew up in Belleville. She was a newspaper journalist in Toronto. In 1893, she was president of the Working Girls' Union.[1] She moved to Dawson City, Yukon. In November 1903, she married David Heatherington Fotheringham, a Northwest Mounted Policeman. They had financial difficulties. In 1924, she moved to Mayo, Yukon. In 1929, she moved to Vancouver, where she died on 24 March 1949.[2]

Works
  • The Songs that Quinte Sang (1895)
  • Selections from Anglo-Saxon Songs (1918)
gollark: Preliminary modlist:- Thermal stuff- BetterFPS- Foamfix- Mekanism (not generators/tools)- Advanced Rocketry- NuclearCraft- AE2- Wireless Crafting TerminalOther stuff maybe.
gollark: I'd say the towers are harder unless you live without automining.
gollark: You can just mine lithium from the ground easily.
gollark: Yes, I know it makes deuterium easy.
gollark: That's arbitrary.

References
  1. Gregory S. Kealey (1991). Toronto Workers Respond to Industrial Capitalism, 1867-1892. University of Toronto Press. pp. 383–. ISBN 978-0-8020-6883-5.
  2. Moran, Rodger J. "Marie Joussaye Fotheringham". Retrieved 2016-06-29.

Sources
  • Carole Gerson, "Only a Working Girl: The Story of Marie Joussaye Fotheringham," Northern Review 19 (Winter 1998)


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.