Lucy Maud Montgomery

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Lucy Maud Montgomery

• By Mary Anne

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Why Is She Famous?

• Wrote many famous novels
• Wrote famous novels like Anne of Green Gables
  and Emily of New Moon

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Personal Information

• Lucy Maud Montgomery
• Born November 30, 1874
• Birthplace Clifton, P.E.I.
• Died April, 24, 1942
• Died at the age of sixty-eight

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Family Background

• Father- Hugh Montgomery
• Mother- Clara Woolner McNeil
• Stepmother- Mary Ann Mcrae
• Grandparents- Alexander and Lucy Woolner McNeil
• Husband- Reverend Ewen Macdonald
• Two sons- Chester and Stewart

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Early Life/ Education

• Lived with her grandparents
• Wrote poems whenever she was lonely
• Strict grandparents
• Went to the Prince of Wales College 1893, in
  Charlottetown
• Attended the Dalhousie University

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Career

• Worked in her grandparents post office.
• Became a teacher
• Taught piano
• Became an author
• Worked at a local news paper called the Daily
  Echo

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Other Interesting Facts

• Her novels were translated in many different
  languages
• Her first poem published at the age of fifteen by
  a local newspaper
• She started sending poems to the islands
  newspaper at the age of thirteen
• An American magazine published her first
  childrens story
• Based event of her books to her life
• Wrote and published five hundred poems, novels,
  and short stories

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Conclusion

• I chose this famous person because I enjoyed
  reading her books
• She made a big impact in Canada as an author from
  her novel Anne of Green Gables
• I learned that she was very lonely as a child
  because often, she wouldnt be allowed to play.

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Bibliography

• McDermott, Barb Mckeown, Gail, Famous Canadians
  from Prince Edward Island, Canad, Book Publishing
  Industry Development Program, 1999
• Palk, Helen, The Book of Canadian Achievement,
  Canada, J.M. Dent Sons (Canada) Limited
• The World Book Encyclopedia, Millenium Edition,
  Montgomery, Lucy Maud
• The World Book Encylopedia, 1998 Edition,
  Montgomery, Lucy Maud

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Bibliography

• Uxbridge On-Line Inc, Lucy Maud Montgomery,
  1996-2002, www.uxbridge.com/people/maud.html,
  Jan.13, 15
• Lucy Maud Montgomery, Jan, 11 2002,
  www.canadians.ca/more/profiles/m/m_lucy-maud_montg
  omery, Jan, 13, 15
• Lucy Maud Montgomery, www.geocities.com/Paris/Ope
  ra/1829/lmm.html, Jan, 13, 15
• L.M. Montgomery Institute, 2002,
  www.Upei.ca/lmmi/lmm-about.shtml, Jan, 15
• Lucy Maud Montgomery, 2002, www.kirjasto.sci.fi/l
  mmontg.htm, Jan, 15
• Kallies Lucy Maud Montgomery Page,
  www.geocities.com/kaeliathane/lmm.html, Jan, 23
• Romwell.com, Lucy Maud Montgomery, 1998,
  www.romwell.com/book/best/montgomery.shtml, Jan,
  23
• 5. Across Space and Time, 2000,
  www.pch.gc.ca/poh2001/r5/h6_e.cfm, Jan, 23