Esther Marjorie Hill Canada's Early Women Writers Lindsey Bannister Canada's Early Women Writers Canadian Writing Research Collaboratory Born digital English Born digital Life writing Biography Bibliography Esther Marjorie Hill (1895-1985)

Esther Marjorie Hill, the first woman to graduate with an architecture degree in Canada, published several articles, followed by a later book on glove-making.

 29 May 1895, Guelph, ON 7 January 1985, Victoria, BC Name at birth: Esther Marjorie Hill Note

This entry is brief, as writing was only a minor aspect of this woman’s life.

Entry written by Lindsey Bannister

 Esther Marjorie Hill (1895-1985)

Esther Marjorie Hill, the first woman in Canada to graduate with a degree in architecture (BA, University of Alberta, 1916; BASc, University of Toronto, 1920), published her paper Common Faults in House Design: Paving the Way to Better Building Methods in the journal Agricultural Alberta in February of 1921. In 1925, she became the first woman registered as a professional architect by the Alberta Association of Architects. To help with finances during the Depression, she became a weaver and glove maker, publishing a text on glovemaking after her move in 1936 to Victoria, BC. She died in Victoria in 1985.

 Published Texts Non-fiction Glove Making (Toronto: Macmillan, 1945) Periodical Contributions Agricultural Alberta Daily Colonist (Victoria, BC) Family and Relationships Father: Ethelbert Lincoln Hill (29 May 1895 – 7 January 1985) Mother: Jennie Stork (October 1866 – 13 August 1939) Published Resources 1871 Census of Canada. 1901 Census of Canada. 1911 Census of Canada. 1916 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. 1921 Census of Canada. Artists Database: Hill, (Esther) Marjorie. Canadian Women Artists History Initiative. Web. 9 March 2016. British Columbia, Canada, Death Index, 1872-1990. Ontario, Canada, Births, 1869-1913.