Francis Marion Beynon
Francis Marion Beynon | |
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Born | Streetsville, Ontario, Canada | 26 May 1884
Died | 5 October 1951 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | (aged 67)
Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation | Journalist |
Known for | Aleta Day |
Francis Marion Beynon (26 May 1884 – 5 October 1951) was a Canadian journalist, feminist and pacifist. She is known for her semi-autobiographical novel Aleta Day (1919).
Early years
Francis Marion Beynon was born in
Activist
Around 1909 Beynon and her sister moved to Winnipeg, where Francis found work in the advertising department of the
Beynon and her sister helped found the Quill Club and the Winnipeg branch of the
Later years
In late June 1917, Beynon left Winnipeg and moved to New York City.[8] Some sources say her views caused conflicts with George Fisher Chipman, the editor of the paper, and she resigned for this reason.[6] However, Chipman gave Beynon considerable freedom and continued to publish her articles for several weeks after she left.[8] Beynon spent most of the rest of her life in the United States.[3] In 1919 she published Aleta Day, a semi-autobiographical novel.[2]
Beynon lived in Providence, Rhode Island for a period, then in New York from 1922 to 1951. In New York Benyon and her sister worked at the Seamen's Church Institute, an Episcopalian Mission for sailors.[9] From 1922 to 1925 she edited the mission's journal The Lookout. She remained in New York for most of the next twenty-five years, possibly writing as a freelancer under the name of "Ginty Beynon."[9] For a brief period, she worked in Rhode Island as a clerk for a trust company.[10] Beynon returned to Canada in 1951 and died in Winnipeg on 5 October 1951.[9] She was buried in Brookside Cemetery.[2]
Beynon and Nellie McClung are protagonists in the play The Fighting Days by Wendy Lill.[2]
Publications
- Beynon, Francis Marion (2000-10-18) [First published 1919]. Aleta Dey. Broadview Press. ISBN 978-1-55111-391-3.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Francis Marion Beynon | CWRC/CSEC". cwrc.ca. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
- ^ a b c d e Goldsborough 2010.
- ^ a b c Gorham 2008.
- ^ Kelcey & Davis 1997, p. xiii.
- ^ Lewis 1998, p. 11.
- ^ a b Freeman 2011, p. 67.
- ^ Kaye 2011, p. 180.
- ^ a b Freeman 2011, p. 69.
- ^ a b c Beynon, Francis Marion, Simon Fraser.
- ^ Johnstone 2013.
Sources
- "Beynon, Francis Marion". Simon Fraser University Library. Retrieved 2014-10-16.
- Freeman, Barbara M. (2011-12-14). Beyond Bylines: Media Workers and Women's Rights in Canada. Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. ISBN 978-1-55458-313-3. Retrieved 2014-09-12.
- Goldsborough, Gordon (2010-12-31). "Frances Marion Beynon (1884-1951)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-10-16.
- Gorham, Deborah (2008-03-24). "Francis Marion Beynon". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Retrieved 2014-10-16.
- Johnstone, Tiffany (2013-05-14). "Sister Suffragists: Lillian Beynon Thomas (1874-1961) and Francis Marion Beynon (1884-1951)". Retrieved 2014-10-16.
- Kaye, Frances W. (2011). Goodlands: A Meditation and History on the Great Plains. Athabasca University Press. ISBN 978-1-897425-98-5. Retrieved 2014-10-16.
- Kelcey, Barbara E.; Davis, Angela E. (1997). A Great Movement Underway: Women and The Grain Growers' Guide (1908-1928) (PDF). Winnipeg: Manitoba Record Society. ISBN 9780969210153. Retrieved 2014-09-15.
- Lewis, Norah L. (1998-04-28). Dear Editor and Friends: Letters from Rural Women of the North-West, 1900-1920. Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0-88920-287-0. Retrieved 2014-10-16.