Hilda McDonald
Hilda McDonald | |
|---|---|
| Born | Hilda Ellen Maud Edwards 3 August 1883 Antigua |
| Died | 6 April 1961 (aged 77) |
| Occupations | Poet and politician |
| Notable work | Snowflakes and Stardust (1956) |
| Spouse |
William MacLachlan McDonald
(m. 1902) |
| Children | Arthur McDonald; John Archie McDonald |
| Relatives | Ian McDonald (grandson) |
Hilda Ellen Maud McDonald (3 August 1883 – 4 June 1961) was an Antiguan poet and politician. She was the first female member of the Antiguan House of Assembly.[1]
Biography
She was born Hilda Ellen Maud Edwards on 3 August 1883 in Antigua.[2] In 1902, she married Dr. William MacLachlan McDonald, MRCS LRCP OBE, a physician with the Royal Army Medical Corps, in South Africa.[1] Their sons were Air Marshal Sir Arthur William Baynes McDonald, KCB, AFC, FRAeS, DL[3] and John Archibald McDonald.[1]
In addition to serving in the Antiguan legislature, she was Chief Information Officer of the colonial Antiguan government.[1]
She published a book of poetry, Snowflakes and Stardust (1956), including the pastoral poem "Evensong", which has appeared in several anthologies.[1][2] She told her grandson Ian McDonald that "Poetry takes infinite time, and I never made enough time for it. We all have enough time, but very few make enough time for important things."[4]
Bibliography
- Snowflakes and Stardust (1956)[5]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 McDonald, Ian (2020). Inheritance: The Story of a West Indian Family. ISBN 978-976-8244-43-7.
- 1 2 "Antigua and Barbuda: Their Early Voices" (PDF). The Antigua and Barbuda Review of Books. 5 (1): 12. Summer 2012.
- ↑ "BBC - WW2 People's War - DUNQUERQUE CALLING by Gillian Howie". www.bbc.co.uk. BBC. 25 January 2006. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ↑ McDonald, Ian (1 February 2009). "'I shake hands with you in my heart'". Stabroek News. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ↑ Herdeck, Donald E.; Maurice Alcibiade Lubin; Margaret Laniak-Herdeck, eds. (1979). Caribbean Writers: A Bio-bibliographical-critical Encyclopedia. Three Continents Press. ISBN 978-0-914478-74-4.