Catherine Macleod
Catherine Macleod | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 June 1948 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Died | 8 March 2021 (aged 72) Goderich, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Occupation(s) | Feminist, trade unionist, poet, writer and playwright |
| Known for | Writing about working class people's lives |
| Awards | The Ontario Federation of Labour Cultural Award, 1997. Woman of Distinction Award for Grey and Bruce Counties, 2004. |
Catherine Macleod (10 June 1948 – 8 March 2021) was a Scottish-born Canadian feminist, trade unionist, poet, writer and playwright.
Biography
Early life
Born into an extremely poor family in Glasgow, Macleod emigrated to Canada in the 1950s. As a young woman, she left Kincardine for Toronto and the Yorkville hippy scene. There she discovered Leonard Cohen, Judy Collins, Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell, and found her own voice as a feminist, socialist and artist.
Career
Macleod wrote Waking Up in the Men’s Room: A Memoir, published by Between the Lines Press in 1998.[1] Toronto Star columnist Thomas Walkom called the book "a wry, articulate, unsparing and often poignant story."[2] Macleod wrote three volumes of poetry, a chapbook titled Lessons Never Learned, The Telling Time published by the Ginger Press,[3] and Re:late. Macleod's play Glow Boys was based on her family's experiences living beside Ontario's Bruce Nuclear Plant and was first performed in Kincardine and Port Elgin in 1985.[4] Macleod co-directed (with singer Lorraine Segato) and produced Worth Every Minute, a 1987 NFB documentary about Pat Schulz, a working class socialist and child care activist.[5] In 2007, Macleod edited The Kincardine Scottish Pipe Band: The First Century with author Basil McCarthy.[6]
Macleod worked as a communications specialist in the
Personal life
In 1992, Catherine moved back to Kincardine and married her high school sweetheart Martin Quinn. Macleod and Quinn were active in community heritage and gardening projects, co-publishing Grass Scapes: Gardening with Ornamental Grasses in 2004.[12]
Death
Macleod died in Goderich, Ontario on 8 March 2021, aged 72.[8][10]
After her death, Canadian actor and director
Works
- Pandora
- Ferns
- Glow Boys, 1985
- Worth Every Minute, 1987
- Lessons Never Learned, 1995
- Waking Up in the Men’s Room: A Memoir, 1998
- The Telling Time, 2002
- Grass Scapes: Gardening with Ornamental Grasses, 2003
- The Kincardine Scottish Pipe Band: The First Century, (co-editor) 2007
- Re:late, 2021
References
- ISBN 9781896357072.
- ^ Extraordinary story of an ordinary person, Toronto Star, 1998-10-20. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
- ISBN 978-0921773689.
- ^ "Catherine Macleod Obituary". www.tributearchive.com. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ Macleod, Catherine (1987). "Worth Every Minute". National Film Board of Canada. Lorraine Segato (Producer). Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2021 – via www.nfb.ca.
- ^ The Kincardine Scottish Pipe Band: The First Century. ASIN 1897502060.
- The Windsor Star. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ a b Pietropaolo, Vincenzo (26 March 2021). "Feminist writer Catherine Macleod brought together activism and artistic expression". Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ Swift, Jamie (24 March 2021). "Remembering feminist writer and activist Catherine Macleod". Between The Lines. Archived from the original on 25 March 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Obituary – Catherine Macleod". The Kincardine Independent. 12 March 2021. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
- ^ "OFL mourns former colleague & dedicated labour activist Catherine Macleod". Ontario Federation of Labour. 15 March 2021. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ Grass Scapes: Gardening with Ornamental Grasses. ASIN 1883052378.
- ^ Ferry, Dave (31 March 2021). "I Remember Catherine Macleod". The Globe and Mail (Prairie Edition). Retrieved 5 April 2021 – via PressReader.
