Jessie Louise Beattie
Jessie Louise Beattie (October 2, 1896 – October 5, 1985) was a Canadian writer.
Jessie Louise Beattie was born on October 2, 1896, in Blair, Ontario, to Francis Walker and Janet (Fleming) Beattie.[1] She attended Galt Collegiate Institute, the University of Buffalo, and the University of Toronto.[2]
Beattie wrote more than 20 books in various genres, including novels, poetry, biography, and an adventure story.[1][3][4] Her novel Strength for the Bridge (1966) was the first novel written about Japanese Canadians in World War II.[5]
She worked as a social worker and librarian in addition to her writing career.[1][6]
She died on October 5, 1985, in Hamilton, Ontario.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Moran, Rodger J. "Jessie Louise Beattie". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2026-04-06.
- ↑ Metzger, Linda; Straub, Deborah A., eds. (1986). Contemporary Authors. new revision series. Vol. 17. Gale. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-810-31946-2. ISSN 0275-7176.
- ↑ Thomas, Clara (1946). Canadian Novelists, 1920–1945. Longmans, Green & Company. pp. 9–10.
- ↑ Story, Norah (1967). The Oxford Companion to Canadian History and Literature. Oxford University Press. p. 55. OCLC 663686963.
- ↑ Okihiro, Lara (2017). "We've Only Lost Things": Lost Objects and Dispossession in Novels about the Japanese Canadian Internment (PhD thesis). University of Toronto. p. 8.
- ↑ Creative Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Creative and Performing Artists. Vol. 2. University of Toronto Press. 1972. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-802-00026-2.