Lonsdale, Mary Kathleen

ID
3558
Nationality
Canadian
Occupation
Teacher
Activist
Summary
Born deaf at Headingly, MB. Attended a local school for the deaf in downtown Winnipeg 1888-graduation 1902; her hearing father, William Thomas Lonsdale, was instrumental in the establishment of what later became the Manitoba School for the Deaf, though too late for Mary. She attended Gallaudet College and became a teacher for the deaf, first briefly in 1911 at the downtown Winnepeg school and then at the Manitoba school from 1912 until her death in 1936. Also active in local efforts to improve the lot of the deaf.
References
Deaf Women of Canada, p.152.
Dates
1878-1 October 1936