globeandmail.com: Margaret Dorothy Killam Atwood:
"LIVES LIVED
Margaret Dorothy Killam Atwood
Mother, dietitian, ice dancer. Born June 8, 1909, in Kinsman's Corners, N.S. Died Dec. 30, 2006, in Toronto, of natural causes, aged 97.
MARGARET ATWOOD
Someone said to me recently, 'You must have had an unusual mother.' True enough.
Margaret Killam was born in 1909 in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia. Her father was a country doctor, and she grew up as a socially shy but physically brave tomboy. Unlike her academically brilliant sister, Kae, she was not a natural student. Her father refused to send her to university because she was 'frivolous,' so she taught school, saved the money for her own fees, and won a college scholarship, just to show she could.
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What an incredible homage. Thanks for the link.
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