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Edna Jaques

January 01, 1970

Edna Parliament Jaques (17 January 1891 – 13 September 1978) was a Canadian poet. Born in Collingwood, Ontario, and raised on a homestead in Saskatchewan,[1] by the 1950s, she was "possibly the best-selling poet of her generation."[2]

Biography edit

When Jaques was born, her father was a ship's captain on the Great Lakes.[2][3] In 1902, when Jaques was 11, the family moved to a homestead about 45 kilometres (28 mi) southeast of Moose Jaw. The family homestead later became the town of Briercrest, Saskatchewan:[3] "Mrs. Jaques had chosen the name after the wild roses growing on a ridge nearby and agreed to the use of the name for the village."[1] Peachey House in Briercrest was renamed the Brier Rose Cultural Centre in 2012 in Edna Jaques's honour.[4]

After high school, wanting to see the world, Jaques travelled west, working as an itinerant seamstress to pay her way; in Calgary, she stopped.[5] There, in 1918, she wrote a poetic response to John McCrae's "In Flanders' Fields", which was to become her most famous poems. Recognizing Jaques's talents, the editor of the Calgary Herald offered to pay for her to attend university.[2] Still wanting to travel, though, Jaques convinced the editor, instead, to pay for her passage to the West Coast, where she worked as a stewardess on a coastal steamer before attending business school.[5][6] After a short stint with the Vancouver Province, she returned to Saskatchewan. She married farmer William Ernest Jamieson (1889–1942) on 30 November 1921, in Moose Jaw.[2] The couple settled on a farm near Tisdale, Saskatchewan,[6] but four years later Jaques moved back south with their only child, a daughter, Joyce (1923–2011).[2]

Edna and Joyce moved to Victoria, BC, where she worked as a stenographer from 1929 until 1935[5] as well as continuing to contribute articles and poems to newspapers and magazines.[2] In addition to her writing, Jaques began lecturing to women's groups.[6] Beginning in 1929 with a presentation to the Canadian Club in Moose Jaw, she subsequently toured across Canada lecturing for that organization.[5] Her first book of poetry—Wide Horizons—was published in 1934, followed soon after by Drifting Soil (1934), inspired by the dusty bowl of the prairie provinces at the time.[5][2] In 1935, with the assistance of Nellie McClung, who also lived in Victoria, Jaques published My Kitchen Window, her first real success.[2][5] During the Depression, her books—sold at 25¢ each—were a necessary income.[2] Times were hard; in 1937, she published an article in Chatelaine, describing the difficulties women in the prairies at that time faced.[7]

In 1935, Jaques sent Joyce—now 12 years old—back to Briercrest, while she engaged more completely in her public lectures and other work for women's institutes.[5][2] In 1939, she was operated on for a spinal tumour.[5] During the Second World War, she worked for the Wartime Prices and Trade Board[2] in Ottawa, as well as spending some time working in a factory in Toronto,[8] where she "operated a fifteen-ton powder press."[5] Following the war, she settled on "three acres of land" on the shores of Lake Ontario, about 30 km west of Toronto.[5]

Interviewing Jaques in 1952, the year she was ranked "one of Canada's most popular women," journalist Janice Tyrwhitt observed that "what Robert Burns was to Scotland ... Edna Jaques is to Canada ... the voice of the people. Her poems — as she says herself — are clad in print and homespun and the rough weave of common folk."[5] In 1976, she was proclaimed Woman of the Year by Bill Davis, premier of Ontario.[9] She died in Toronto on 13 September 1978.

Literary production edit

As a young girl, Jaques was "constantly jotting down rhymes on scraps of paper,"[3][5] which led to her being known as the "scrapbook poetess of the West"[9] (in 1934, author and politician Nellie McClung wrote an article about her friend Edna Jaques entitled "The Scrapbook Poet").[10] Her first poem was published in the Moose Jaw Times in 1904, when she was 13 years old.

Jaques's poem "In Flanders Now", first published in the Calgary Herald, was later "printed on a card along with the Belgian National Anthem [and] was sold throughout the United States at 10¢ a copy and raised one million dollars for war relief."[9][11][3] It was also recited at the dedication of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery in 1921 and a copy placed in the memorial chapel.[11][2][3][4][6]

Jaques was a prolific poet. She wrote 10 volumes of poetry as well as considerable contributions of poetry and articles to newspapers and journals.[2] For 30 years, the Saskatchewan Farmer magazine published a poem of hers every month, and over the space of 20 years, the Vancouver Province was publishing 10 of her poems per month.[9] Jaques was one of "Canada’s best-selling poet[s,] with an annual sale of five thousand volumes."[5] Her total poetic outputs is calculated at over 3000 poems,[9][3] and at the time of her death, her books are said to have sold over 250,000 copies.[2]

Volumes of poetry edit

Jaques published the following volumes of poetry:[2]

Wide Horizons (Moose Jaw, SK: Moose Jaw Times, 1934)

Drifting Soil (Moose Jaw, SK: Moose Jaw Times, 1934)

My Kitchen Window (Toronto: Allen, 1935)

Dreams in Your Heart (Toronto: Allen, 1937)

Beside Still Waters (Toronto: Allen, 1939)

Britons Awake (Toronto: Allen, 1940)

Aunt Hattie's Place (Toronto: Allen, 1941)

Verses for You (Moose Jaw, SK: Moose Jaw Writers’ Club, [1941])

Roses in December (Toronto: Allen, 1944)

Back-Door Neighbors (Toronto: Allen, 1946)

Hills of Home (Toronto: Allen, 1948)

Fireside Poems (Toronto: Allen, 1950)

The Golden Road (Toronto: Allen, 1953)

References edit

  1. ^ a b "History: The Village". Welcome to the Village of Briercrest. from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Edna Jaques". Canada's Early Women Writers. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Brier Rose Cultural Centre: Dedicated to Enda Jaques". Welcome to the Village of Briercrest. from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Update on the Brier Rose Cultural Centre" (PDF). Briercrest & District Museum Corporation. May 2017. (PDF) from the original on 2019-04-06. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Tyrwhitt, Janice (1 September 1952). "Rhymes in a Ten-Cent Scribbler". Maclean's. from the original on 2020-07-17. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d "Edna Jaques". Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. from the original on 2021-05-18. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  7. ^ "It Wasn't This Way Before". Sunshine Hours. 16 June 2019. from the original on 2020-09-26. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  8. ^ McClung, Nellie (10 January 1942). "Conflict a Chance to Demonstrate Spirit of Tolerance". Times-Colonist. from the original on 2018-06-07. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  9. ^ a b c d e Morey, Nina Faye (10 November 2008). "Edna Jaques: Scrapbook Poetress of the West". Grainews. from the original on 2020-09-29. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  10. ^ McClung, Nellie (15 November 1934). "The Scrapbook Poet". Maclean's. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  11. ^ a b Morrison, James Dalton, ed. (1948). Masterpieces of Religious Verse. New York: Harper & Bros. pp. 539–40.

January 01, 1970
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Edna Parliament Jaques 17 January 1891 13 September 1978 was a Canadian poet Born in Collingwood Ontario and raised on a homestead in Saskatchewan 1 by the 1950s she was possibly the best selling poet of her generation 2 Contents 1 Biography 2 Literary production 3 Volumes of poetry 4 ReferencesBiography editWhen Jaques was born her father was a ship s captain on the Great Lakes 2 3 In 1902 when Jaques was 11 the family moved to a homestead about 45 kilometres 28 mi southeast of Moose Jaw The family homestead later became the town of Briercrest Saskatchewan 3 Mrs Jaques had chosen the name after the wild roses growing on a ridge nearby and agreed to the use of the name for the village 1 Peachey House in Briercrest was renamed the Brier Rose Cultural Centre in 2012 in Edna Jaques s honour 4 After high school wanting to see the world Jaques travelled west working as an itinerant seamstress to pay her way in Calgary she stopped 5 There in 1918 she wrote a poetic response to John McCrae s In Flanders Fields which was to become her most famous poems Recognizing Jaques s talents the editor of the Calgary Herald offered to pay for her to attend university 2 Still wanting to travel though Jaques convinced the editor instead to pay for her passage to the West Coast where she worked as a stewardess on a coastal steamer before attending business school 5 6 After a short stint with the Vancouver Province she returned to Saskatchewan She married farmer William Ernest Jamieson 1889 1942 on 30 November 1921 in Moose Jaw 2 The couple settled on a farm near Tisdale Saskatchewan 6 but four years later Jaques moved back south with their only child a daughter Joyce 1923 2011 2 Edna and Joyce moved to Victoria BC where she worked as a stenographer from 1929 until 1935 5 as well as continuing to contribute articles and poems to newspapers and magazines 2 In addition to her writing Jaques began lecturing to women s groups 6 Beginning in 1929 with a presentation to the Canadian Club in Moose Jaw she subsequently toured across Canada lecturing for that organization 5 Her first book of poetry Wide Horizons was published in 1934 followed soon after by Drifting Soil 1934 inspired by the dusty bowl of the prairie provinces at the time 5 2 In 1935 with the assistance of Nellie McClung who also lived in Victoria Jaques published My Kitchen Window her first real success 2 5 During the Depression her books sold at 25 each were a necessary income 2 Times were hard in 1937 she published an article in Chatelaine describing the difficulties women in the prairies at that time faced 7 In 1935 Jaques sent Joyce now 12 years old back to Briercrest while she engaged more completely in her public lectures and other work for women s institutes 5 2 In 1939 she was operated on for a spinal tumour 5 During the Second World War she worked for the Wartime Prices and Trade Board 2 in Ottawa as well as spending some time working in a factory in Toronto 8 where she operated a fifteen ton powder press 5 Following the war she settled on three acres of land on the shores of Lake Ontario about 30 km west of Toronto 5 Interviewing Jaques in 1952 the year she was ranked one of Canada s most popular women journalist Janice Tyrwhitt observed that what Robert Burns was to Scotland Edna Jaques is to Canada the voice of the people Her poems as she says herself are clad in print and homespun and the rough weave of common folk 5 In 1976 she was proclaimed Woman of the Year by Bill Davis premier of Ontario 9 She died in Toronto on 13 September 1978 Literary production editAs a young girl Jaques was constantly jotting down rhymes on scraps of paper 3 5 which led to her being known as the scrapbook poetess of the West 9 in 1934 author and politician Nellie McClung wrote an article about her friend Edna Jaques entitled The Scrapbook Poet 10 Her first poem was published in the Moose Jaw Times in 1904 when she was 13 years old Jaques s poem In Flanders Now first published in the Calgary Herald was later printed on a card along with the Belgian National Anthem and was sold throughout the United States at 10 a copy and raised one million dollars for war relief 9 11 3 It was also recited at the dedication of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery in 1921 and a copy placed in the memorial chapel 11 2 3 4 6 Jaques was a prolific poet She wrote 10 volumes of poetry as well as considerable contributions of poetry and articles to newspapers and journals 2 For 30 years the Saskatchewan Farmer magazine published a poem of hers every month and over the space of 20 years the Vancouver Province was publishing 10 of her poems per month 9 Jaques was one of Canada s best selling poet s with an annual sale of five thousand volumes 5 Her total poetic outputs is calculated at over 3000 poems 9 3 and at the time of her death her books are said to have sold over 250 000 copies 2 Volumes of poetry editJaques published the following volumes of poetry 2 Wide Horizons Moose Jaw SK Moose Jaw Times 1934 Drifting Soil Moose Jaw SK Moose Jaw Times 1934 My Kitchen Window Toronto Allen 1935 Dreams in Your Heart Toronto Allen 1937 Beside Still Waters Toronto Allen 1939 Britons Awake Toronto Allen 1940 Aunt Hattie s Place Toronto Allen 1941 Verses for You Moose Jaw SK Moose Jaw Writers Club 1941 Roses in December Toronto Allen 1944 Back Door Neighbors Toronto Allen 1946 Hills of Home Toronto Allen 1948 Fireside Poems Toronto Allen 1950 The Golden Road Toronto Allen 1953 References edit a b History The Village Welcome to the Village of Briercrest Archived from the original on 2011 07 06 Retrieved 6 March 2021 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Edna Jaques Canada s Early Women Writers Retrieved 6 March 2021 a b c d e f Brier Rose Cultural Centre Dedicated to Enda Jaques Welcome to the Village of Briercrest Archived from the original on 2011 07 06 Retrieved 6 March 2021 a b Update on the Brier Rose Cultural Centre PDF Briercrest amp District Museum Corporation May 2017 Archived PDF from the original on 2019 04 06 Retrieved 6 March 2021 a b c d e f g h i j k l m Tyrwhitt Janice 1 September 1952 Rhymes in a Ten Cent Scribbler Maclean s Archived from the original on 2020 07 17 Retrieved 6 March 2021 a b c d Edna Jaques Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan Archived from the original on 2021 05 18 Retrieved 6 March 2021 It Wasn t This Way Before Sunshine Hours 16 June 2019 Archived from the original on 2020 09 26 Retrieved 6 March 2019 McClung Nellie 10 January 1942 Conflict a Chance to Demonstrate Spirit of Tolerance Times Colonist Archived from the original on 2018 06 07 Retrieved 6 March 2021 a b c d e Morey Nina Faye 10 November 2008 Edna Jaques Scrapbook Poetress of the West Grainews Archived from the original on 2020 09 29 Retrieved 6 March 2021 McClung Nellie 15 November 1934 The Scrapbook Poet Maclean s Retrieved 6 March 2021 a b Morrison James Dalton ed 1948 Masterpieces of Religious Verse New York Harper amp Bros pp 539 40 Retrieved from https en 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