Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
My Dearest Wife: The Private and Public Lives of James David Edgar and Matilda Ridout Edgar

My Dearest Wife: The Private and Public Lives of James David Edgar and Matilda Ridout Edgar

McLean, Maud J.
Stamp, Robert M.

Paperback

Historical FiguresPolitical BiographiesCanadian History

Currently unavailable to order

ISBN10: 1896219365
ISBN13: 9781896219363
Publisher: Natural Heritage Books
Published: Aug 15 1998
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.47 Width: 5.58 Depth: 9.32
Language: English

The private and public lives of James David Edgar and Matilda Ridout Edgar symbolized the increasingly complex nature of Toronto society as older generations gradually gave way to a new generation of outsiders seeking fame and prominence.

James David Edgar (1841-1899), a self-made man, born to proud though impoverished Scottish-immigrant parents in Quebec, became a lawyer, an author, a railway promoter, an M.P. and ultimately speaker of the House of Commons in Ottawa. Matilda Ridout Edgar (1845-1910) was one of Canada's first widely respected female historians and ultimately president of the National Council of Women of Canada from 1906 until her death.

Also in

Canadian History

View All