Margaret Addison: A Biography

285 Pages·2001·16.66 MB·English

by  Jean O’Grady

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Margaret Addison
Margaret Addison
A Biography
JEAN O'GRADY
McGill-Queen's University Press
Montreal & Kingston • London • Ithaca
© McGill-Queen's University Press 2001
ISBN 0-7735-2152-6
Legal deposit second quarter 2001
Bibliotheque nationale du Quebec
Printed in Canada on acid-free paper
This book has been published with the help
of a grant from Victoria University.
McGill-Queen's University Press
acknowledges the financial support of the
Government of Canada through the Book
Publishing Industry Development Program
(BPIDP) for its activities. It also acknowledges
the support of the Canada Council for the
Arts for its publishing program.
Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data
O'Grady, Jean, 1943-
Margaret Addison: a biography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-7735-2152-6
1. Addison, Margaret, 1868-1940. 2. Deans of
women - Ontario - Toronto - Biography.
3. Victoria College (Toronto, Ont.) -
Biography. 4. Victoria College (Toronto, Ont.).
Annesley Hall - History. 1. Title.
LE3.T618A335 2001 378.i'94'092 coo-900975-2
Typeset in Palatino 10/12
by Caractera inc., Quebec City
For my husband, Walter
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Contents
List of Illustrations ix
Credits for Illustrations x
Acknowledgments xi
Abbreviations xiii
Introduction 3
1 Growing Up 11
2 Student and Teacher 30
3 European Interlude 55
4 Towards a New Career 79
5 Early Days of the Residence 90
6 Residence Life 118
7 War Years 139
8 Turmoil and Recovery 166
9 Dean of Women 188
10 An Active Retirement 207
Notes 233
Index 265
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illustrations
Margaret Addison Frontispiece Annesley Hall on the occasion of
a royal visit, 1905 85
Peter and Mary Addison around
the time of their marriage 19 The sitting room at Annesley
Hall 88
Margaret as a child, with her
brothers Arthur and William 21 Officers and women residents
sitting on the steps of Annesley
The Addison family 27
Hall, c. 1908 106
Margaret Addison as a young
Students in a room at Annesley
woman 29
Hall, 1910 120
Victoria College at Cobourg 31
Chancellor and Mrs Burwash 129
The class of 1889 at Victoria
Margaret Addison seated on the
College 39
Annesley staircase with
Margaret Addison as a residents 151
graduate 40 Margaret Addison in the Annesley
common room with
Blanche Athena Clough of
residents 152
Newnham College 76
South Hall Women's Union 153
Annie Rogers of the AEW in
Oxford JJ
Vincent and Alice Massey 169
Margaret Addison in the Lindsay
Portrait of Margaret Addison by
period 81
McGillivray Knowles, 1925 200
Margaret with her mother and her
Margaret Addison, c. 1940 222
sister Charlotte around 1900 82
A picnic at Tiny Beach
Margaret with her mother and her
cottage 223
brother Will 83