Wetherald, Ethelwyn (1857–1940)
Wetherald, Ethelwyn (1857–1940)
Canadian poet and journalist. Name variations: (pseudonym) Bel Thistlethwaite. Born Agnes Ethelwyn Wetherald, April 26, 1857 in Rockwood, Ontario, Canada; died 1940; dau. of Rev. William Wetherald (English Quaker and founder of the Rockwood Academy); attended Friends' Boarding School (Union Springs, NY) and Pickering College.
As Bel Thistlewaite, wrote for Toronto Globe, Toronto Week, and Wives and Daughters; published 1st book of verse, The House of the Trees and Other Poems (1895); other collections include Tangled in Stars (1902), The Radiant Road (1904), The Last Robin: Lyrics and Sonnets (1907), considered her best, as well as Tree-top Mornings (1921), and Lyrics and Sonnets (1931).
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