Duley, Margaret (1894–1968)

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Duley, Margaret (1894–1968)

Canadian novelist. Born Sept 27, 1894, in St John's, Newfoundland, Canada; died Mar 22, 1968; dau. of Thomas James Duley and Triphena Soper.

Spent time in England but returned to Newfoundland, where she was active in women's suffrage movement; volunteered for charitable organizations during war and after war at Tuberculosis Sanatorium library in St John's; served as public-relations officer with Red Cross; writings include The Eyes of the Gull (1935), Cold Pastoral (1939), Highway to Valour (1941), Novelty on Earth (1943) and The Caribou Hut (1949).