MacMurchy, Marjory (1869–1938)

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MacMurchy, Marjory (1869–1938)

Canadian journalist. Name variations: Lady Marjory Willison. Born Marjory Jardine Ramsay MacMurchy, 1869, in Canada; died Dec 15, 1938.

Was literary editor of The News, book reviewer for Canadian dailies, and wrote a regular column for several newspapers called "Politics for Women"; served as president of Canadian Women's Press Club (1909–13) and secretary of the Ontario Unemployment Commission; published work in Toronto Saturday Night, Harper's Bazaar, and The Bohemian; wrote The Women-Bless Her (1916) and Women of Today and Tomorrow (1919), and the children's books The Child's House and The Longest Way Round (1937), among others.

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