Victoria Hayward (journalist)
Victoria Hayward | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1876 |
| Died | 1956 (aged 79–80) |
| Other names | Queenie |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, travel writer |
| Notable work | Romantic Canada |
| Partner | Edith Watson |
Victoria Hayward (1876–1956) was a Bermudian-born journalist and travel writer.[1] Hayward is credited with coining the term "Canadian mosaic".
Early life[edit]
Hayward was born in 1876 in Bermuda.[2] At age 16, Hayward left Bermuda and moved to New York to teach math at a private boys' school. About ten years later, she returned to Bermuda and pursued journalism.[3]
Career[edit]
Hayward's writings were widely published in Canadian magazines and often focussed on Canadian culture, though she was not Canadian.[2] Hayward and photographer Edith Watson spent three summers in the late 1910s and early 1920s living with the Doukhobors in Saskatchewan and British Columbia.[4] The two recorded Doukhobor life and presented it to the public first in their 1919 Fort Wayne Journal Gazette article "Doukhobor Farms Supply All Needs" and later in Romantic Canada.[5][6]
In 1922, Hayward published the travel book Romantic Canada. The book was based on her recent travels across southern Canada, though it focuses largely on Canada's maritime provinces.[7] In Romantic Canada, described Canada's culture, both in terms of ethnicities and architecture, as a "mosaic".[8] Hayward is credited with coining the phrase "Canadian mosaic".[9] Romantic Canada was illustrated and contained photography by Watson.
Personal life[edit]
Hayward met photographer Edith Watson in Bermuda in 1911. The two would later live in Connecticut when not travelling.[2][4] Though both were officially closeted, their surviving letters indicate they were romantically involved.[3][10] Hayward left Connecticut after Watson's death in 1943, relocating to a cottage in Cape Cod, where she died in 1956.[4]
Bibliography[edit]
- Romantic Canada (1922)
References[edit]
- ^ Zimmerman, Bonnie, ed. (2000). Encyclopedia of Lesbian and Gay Histories and Cultures. Taylor & Francis. p. 143. ISBN 0-203-79612-8.
- ^ a b c Innis Dagg, Anne (2001). The Feminine Gaze: A Canadian Compendium of Non-Fiction Women Authors and Their Books, 1836-1945. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. p. 129. ISBN 0-88920-355-5.
- ^ a b Rooney, Frances (31 December 1997). "Edith Watson". section15.ca. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ a b c Rooney, Frances (2005). "Edith S. Watson and Victoria Hayward". Extraordinary Women Explorers. Second Story Press. ISBN 1-896764-98-3.
- ^ "The Doukhobors: A Community Race in Canada". Doukhobor Genealogy Website. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ "Doukhobor Farms Supply All Needs". Doukhobor Genealogy Website. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ Grant, W. L. (1923). "Romantic Canada by Victoria Hayward, British Colonial Policy in the Twentieth Century by H. E. Egerton (review)". The Canadian Historical Review. 4 (1). University of Toronto Press: 76–80 – via Project MUSE.
- ^ McKenney, Ryan; Bryce, Benjamin (16 May 2016). "Creating the Canadian Mosaic". Active History. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ Böss, Michael (2016). "From Mosaic to Multiculturalism: The Canadian Roots and Character of Multiculturalism". In Böss, Michael (ed.). Bringing Culture Back In: Cultural Diversity, Religion, and the State. Aarhus University Press. p. 25. ISBN 978-87-7184-120-6.
- ^ Block, Niko (16 June 2014). "Queer Culture". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 3 June 2020.