Jane Marsh Beveridge
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Jane Marsh Beveridge was a sculptor, composer, filmmaker and writer during her long and varied life. A native of Ottawa, Ontario, she earned her bachelor's degree from Sarah Lawrence College
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(1913), Jane (1915) and Russell (1921). Olive died of meningitis at age seven months. The family had a summer house, 'The Barge', on Kingsmere Lake located next door to the future Prime Minister of Canada, William Lyon Mackenzie King
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Sarah Lawrence College
Sarah Lawrence College is a private liberal arts college in the United States, and a leader in progressive education since its founding in 1926. Located just 30 minutes north of Midtown Manhattan in southern Westchester County, New York, in the city of Yonkers, this coeducational college offers...
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Early years
Jane Marsh Beveridge was born Jane Smart to Russell Smart and Emma Louise (Louie) Parr, a prominent family in Ottawa, Ontario. Her father was a successful, self-made patent attorney, and her mother was "an accomplished Ottawa hostess". Russell and Louie had five children: Helen (1909), Olive (1911), ElizabethElizabeth Smart (author)
Elizabeth Smart was a Canadian poet and novelist. Her book, By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept, detailed her romance with the poet George Barker...
(1913), Jane (1915) and Russell (1921). Olive died of meningitis at age seven months. The family had a summer house, 'The Barge', on Kingsmere Lake located next door to the future Prime Minister of Canada, William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926; from September 25, 1926 to August 7, 1930; and from October 23, 1935 to November 15, 1948...
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Quotes by Jane Marsh Beveridge
"[Women working under John Grierson at the National Film Board of Canada] were so grateful to be working in interesting jobs that they didn't realize they were slavesSlavery
Slavery is a system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold, and are forced to work. Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase or birth, and deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work, or to demand compensation...
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- Women Are Warriors (1942) (also known as: "Les femmes dans la mêlée")
- Inside Fighting Canada (1942) (also known as: "Canada en guerre")
- Proudly She Marches (1943) (also known as: "Carrières de femmes")
- Wings on Her Shoulder (1943) (also known as: "Nos femmes ailées")
- Alexis Tremblay: Habitant (1943) (also known as: "Terre de nos aïeux")
- Air Cadets (1944) (also known as: "Les cadets de l'air")
- Winter on a Quebec Farm (1947)
- Spring on a Quebec Farm (1947)
- Summer on a Quebec Farm (1947)