Lillian Beynon Thomas
Lillian Beynon Thomas | |
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Streetsville, Ontario, Canada | |
Died | 2 September 1961 | (aged 84)
Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation(s) | Writer, journalist and advocate |
Lillian Beynon Thomas (4 September 1876 – 2 September 1961) was a Canadian journalist and feminist.
Life
Lillian Beynon was born on 4 September 1876
Lillian Beynon was a schoolteacher in
Members of the Winnipeg branch of the Canadian Women's Press Club formed the nucleus of the Manitoba Political Equality League, which campaigned for women's suffrage, including Francis Marion Beynon,[a] Lillian Beynon Thomas, Nellie McClung and Ella Cora Hind.[2] Lynn and Winona Flett also joined, as did men such as George Fisher Chipman and Fred Dixon.[6] Lillian Beynon Thomas was the first president, but Dr. Mary E. Crawford soon took over the leadership.[7]
In late June 1917 Francis Marion Beynon left Winnipeg and moved to New York City.[8] In 1917 A. Vernon Thomas was fired as legislative reporter of the Free Press for publicly opposing conscription, and the Thomases also moved to New York.[4] They spent 1918–23 in New York.[3] Lillian Benyon Thomas and her sister worked at the Seamen's Church Institute, an Episcopalian Mission for sailors in New York.[2] After they returned to Canada, Lillian pursued a career as a writer. She wrote a number of successful plays, including Among the Maples, Jim Barber's Spite Fence and As the Twig Is Bent. She published her first novel, New Secret, in 1946.[3]
Lillian Beynon Thomas died in Winnipeg on 2 September 1961.[3]
Works
Published work included:
- Thomas, Lillian Beynon (1932). Among the Maples.
- Thomas, Lillian Beynon (1935). Jim Barber's Spite Fence: A Comedy in One Act. S. French (Canada) Limited.
- Thomas, Lillian Beynon (1940). As the Twig Is Bent.
- Thomas, Lillian Beynon (1946). New Secret. T. Allen.
- Thomas, Lillian Beynon (1948). Some Manitoba Women who Did First Things. Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba.
References
- Grain Growers' Guide from 1912 to 1917. The paper was in favor of women's suffrage. Francis Beynon wanted the vote not just for Canadian and British women, or women with relatives serving in military, but for all women including recent immigrants.[5]
- ^ Birth Certificate
- ^ a b c Beynon, Francis Marion, Simon Fraser.
- ^ a b c d e f Goldsborough 2012.
- ^ a b c Lillian Beynon Thomas, MHS.
- ^ Lewis 1998, p. 11.
- ^ The Political Equality League ... Teacherweb, p. 2.
- ^ Political Equality League, MHS.
- ^ Freeman 2011, p. 69.
Sources
- "Beynon, Francis Marion". Simon Fraser University Library. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
- Freeman, Barbara M. (14 December 2011). Beyond Bylines: Media Workers and Women's Rights in Canada. Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. ISBN 978-1-55458-313-3. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- Goldsborough, Gordon (28 July 2012). "Lillian Beynon Thomas (1874-1961)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- Lewis, Norah L. (28 April 1998). 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 17 October 2014.
- "Lillian Beynon Thomas". MHS. 23 August 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- "Political Equality League". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- "The Political Equality League; Nellie McClung". Teacherweb. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.