Ethel Mary Brodie Canada's Early Women Writers Linnea McNally Katie Gillespie Canada's Early Women Writers Canadian Writing Research Collaboratory Born digital object, initially housed by the Simon Fraser University library English Born digital Life writing Biography Bibliography Ethel Mary Brodie (1878-after 1915)

A long-time resident of Toronto, Ethel Mary Brodie published one volume of short stories.

 27 September 1878, Toronto, ON After 1915, unknown place Name at birth: Ethel Mary Brodie Note

This author's life has been researched earlier for inclusion in the <XREF URL="http://digital.lib.sfu.ca/ceww-collection" RESP="KME">Canada's Early Women Writers</XREF> project at Simon Fraser University. Information in this entry therefore may not be comprehensive, but has been verified.

Entry revised by Linnea McNally and Katie Gillespie

 Ethel Mary Brodie (1878-after 1915)

Daughter of the founder of the Standard Bank of Canada, Ethel Mary Brodie published under her maiden name even after her marriage and the birth of her only child, Jessie Adeline Dick Staunton, in 1906. She attended Miss Champion's private girls' school and Morvyn House, the forerunner of Havergal Hall, until ill health forced her to study at home. Her only book, The Rose-Coloured World and Other Fantasies (1910), published simultaneously in Toronto and New York, is a collection of some of her short stories. A long-time resident of Toronto, Ethel supported suffragist causes. Her date and place of death remain unknown.

 Published Texts Short story collections The Rose-Coloured World and Other Fantasies (Toronto: McLeod & Allen; New York: Metropolitan, 1910) Periodical Contributions Saturday Night (Toronto, ON) Other Artistic Productions Music

Music

 Family and Relationships Father: John Lowe Brodie (15 May 1839 – 18 June 1894)

Born in Coupar Angus, Scotland, in 1839, John was founder of Standard Bank of Canada. He married Adeline Josephine Hughes Lowe (1839-1919), and together they had five children. He died in Toronto, ON, in 1894.

 Mother: Adeline Josephine Hughes Lowe (17 August 1839 – 26 January 1919)

Adeline was born in 1839 in Colaba-Bombay, Maharashtra, India. She married John Lowe Brodie (1839-1894) and had five children. She died in 1919 in Toronto, ON.

 Siblings Jessie Brodie (b. 1873) John Brodie (b. 1875) Edith Brodie (b. 1877) William Brodie (b. 1881) Spouse: Victor Charles Staunton (b. 14 August 1876) Marriage: 4 April 1905, Toronto, ON

Victor was a paper manufacturer, born in Toronto, ON, in 1876. He married Ethel Mary Brodie (b. 1878) in 1905.

 Children Jessie Adeline Staunton (daughter) (b. 11 March 1906): m. Dick Religion Residences

Toronto, ON

 Education

Miss Champion's private girls' school

Morvyn House (later Havergal Hall)

 Awards Employment and Volunteer Activities Archival Holdings Published Resources 1881 Census of Canada. 1891 Census of Canada. 1901 Census of Canada. 1911 Census of Canada. Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956. Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935. New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957. Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1911. Ontario, Canada Marriage, 1801-1928. UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960. Watters, R.E. Checklist of Canadian Literature and Background Materials, 1620-1960 (Toronto: U of Toronto P, 1972): 252. Leonard, John William. Woman's Who's Who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada, 1914-15 (New York: American Commonwealth, 1914): 129.