Ella Cora Hind
Ella Cora Hind | |
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Born | |
Died | October 6, 1942 | (aged 81)
Occupation | journalist |
Known for | women's rights activism |
Ella Cora Hind (September 18, 1861 – October 6, 1942) was a
Early life
E. Cora Hind was born in Toronto on September 18, 1861, to Edwin Hind and Jane Carroll. She was two years old when she lost her mother, and five years old when her father died.[3][4] After the death of her mother, she and her older brothers Joseph and George moved to Artemisia Township to live with their paternal grandfather, Joseph Hind, and aunt Alice.[5]
Hind’s grandfather taught her about farming, horses, and cattle. Living several miles from school delayed her education until 1872 so Aunt Alice home-schooled her until the Province built a school on her grandfather’s land. Her family relocated to Flesherton, Ontario where Cora finished her primary education. She attended high school at the Collegiate Institute of Orillia and lived with her uncle, George Hind.[3][6] This is where she wrote her Third Class teacher examination.
Career
After high school, Hind moved with her Aunt Alice and cousins Jean and Jacques to Winnipeg in 1882. Her aunt ran a dress shop, and a few weeks after the move Hind received a letter saying that she failed her algebra part of the teacher’s exam, thus her credentials were inadequate.
Hind then approached the Editor of the
In 1890, Ella Cora Hind and her aunt Alice joined the Manitoba chapter of the
Throughout, Hind retained a strong interest in farming. Winnipeg being the grain trade center of the West helped her become not only a regular reporter but also the Commercial and Agricultural Editor of the Manitoba Free Press. Between 1935 and 1937, Hind travelled to 27 wheat producing countries to research best practices as well as climate change influences. In a series of letters to the Winnipeg Free Press, she commented on social and historical contexts. By popular demand, Hind published a selection of these letters in her 1937 book Seeing for Myself. The book was so successful that a second book, My Travels and Findings (1939) featured writings from her personal papers.[9]
In 1912, E. Cora Hind formed the Political Equality League with leading social activists Lillian Beynon Thomas and Nellie McClung. Their campaign won women the right to vote in Manitoba in 1916.
Hind received many honours from The Western Canada Livestock Union, Wool Growers of Manitoba, and Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists.[10] The University of Manitoba also presented her with an honorary LLB degree in 1935.[11][12]
Death
Hind died on October 6, 1942, in Winnipeg. Trading at the Winnipeg Grain Exchange was halted for two minutes in her memory.[11] The United Grain Growers created the Cora Hind Fellowship for research in agriculture, and the Winnipeg Free Press created the Cora Hind Scholarship in Home Economics.
Select bibliography
- The story of the big ditch. [Alberta?]. 1912. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Seeing for myself: agricultural conditions around the world. Toronto: MacMillan Co. of Canada. 1937. OCLC 7382871.
- My travels and findings. Toronto: Macmillan. 1939. OCLC 65668571.
Further reading
- Haig, Kennethe M. (1945). Brave harvest : the life story of E. Cora Hind. Toronto: Allen. OCLC 56262720.
- Hacker, Carlotta (1979). E. Cora Hind. Don Mills, Ont.: Fitzhenry & Whiteside. ISBN 9780889026667.
References
- ^ "A Woman Crop Expert Follows Grain of Canada on New Sea Route to Europe". The Weekly Kansas City Star. 1932-10-26. p. 4. Retrieved 2021-06-01 – via Newspapers.com.
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- ^ a b Johnstone, Tiffany (21 April 2013). "A New Woman of the Canadian West: E. Cora Hind (1861-1942)". womensuffrage.org. Women Suffrage and Beyond. Archived from the original on 2 February 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ^ a b "E. Cora Hind: A Biography". www.angelfire.com. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
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- ^ "Ella Cora Hind". Nellie McClung Foundation. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ^ McLeod, Susanna (13 October 2015). "Strong women brought vote". The Kingston Whig-Standard. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ^ Muir, Shirley, and Penni Mitchell. 2012. "Winnipeg Women Journalists Have Always Led the Way." Manitoba History 70(1):47–48.
- ISBN 9780889203556.
- ISSN 0036-8075.
- ^ a b Dickin, Janice. "HIND, CORA (1861-1942)". plainshumanities.unl.edu. Encyclopedia of the Great Plains. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ^ Silverman, Eliane Leslau (25 March 2008). "Ella Cora Hind". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
External links
- Works by or about Ella Cora Hind at Internet Archive
- "Hind, E. Cora collection". University of Waterloo Library. Special Collections & Archives. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- "E. Cora Hind". University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, the Libraries. Archives of the Agricultural Experience. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.