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Canadian writer (1885–1962) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Evah May McKowan (February 6, 1885 – February 22, 1962) was a Canadian writer.
Evah May Cartwright was born at Carlisle, Ontario, the daughter of George Cartwright and Clara Cartwright. As a teen she moved west with her parents and three younger sisters, and lived much of her adulthood in Cranbrook, British Columbia.[1] She remembered skiing with her students when she was a teacher in 1903. Cartwright said that she and her sister were the first girls in the area of Kimberley, British Columbia to ski.[2]
McKowan published two novels. Janet of Kootenay (1919)[3] is about a young single woman who buys and runs a farm named "Arcadia" in British Columbia, told in a series of letters to her friend back east.[4] Janet Kirk, the title character, eventually marries a disabled veteran of World War I, making the book a "surprisingly progressive" and timely romance in its day.[5] McKowan's second book, Graydon of the Windermere (1920)[6] is a "bright breezy story of adventure and love",[7] about a Toronto man who moves west.[1]
She served on the British Columbia provincial committee of the Canadian Authors Association,[8] and addressed the association's annual convention in 1937.[9] She took over as president of her husband's business, Cranbrook Sash and Door, upon his death in 1947. She sold the business in 1956.[10]
Evah Cartwright married lumberman Harry A. McKowan in 1907; they had four daughters.[11] She was widowed in 1947, and died in Cranbrook on February 22, 1962.[12]
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