Lucy Maud Montgomery

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Lucy Maud Montgomery

• By Meghan

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Early Years

• - Born on November 30th, 1847
• - Born in Clifton, PEI
• - Two years old when mother died
• of tuberculosis
• - After mother died, father left her
• - Forced to live with her grandparents in
• Cavendish

Hugh John Montgomery
Clara Woolner MacNeil
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Early Years

• - Very unhappy childhood
• - Beaten, disciplined and
• discouraged by her grandparents
• - Five years old when she almost died
• of pneumonia

Name is unknown
Name is unknown
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Early Years

• - At age of 7, she wrote very first poem
• - Mailed it to an American magazine
• company
• - A week later, she received a letter from
• the magazine company did not accept
• her work
• - She was devastated
• - Elementary school she was always
• teased

Lucy at age six
Lucy at age ten
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Teenage Years

• - At fifteen years old ,she wrote second poem
• - This time she was successful
• - She mailed her poem to a local newspaper
• - She received a letter telling they would print
• her work
• - In junior high,, she was not teased by
• others

Lucy at age fifteen
Lucy at age sixteen
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Adulthood

• - Graduated from high school when she was
• seventeen years old in 1891
• - Went on to Prince Wales College in 1892
• - Took course on First Class Teaching
• -Next year, she went to Dalhousie
• university in Halifax in 1893
• - Took courses on languages and English
• - Graduated and went back to Cavendish to
• take care of her dying grandmother in 1894

Lucy at age eighteen
Lucy at age nineteen
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Adulthood
(continuation)

• - Same year she wrote Anne of
• Green Gables
• - While taking care of grandmother
• - She was twenty- one years old
• - Earning a degree in First- class
• teaching she was always asked
• substitute in many schools
• - 1908 she became a teacher in
• Cavendish
• - She was thirty- four years old

Lucy at age twenty- one
Lucy at age thirty- four
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Adulthood
(continuation)

• - Teaching for two years in Cavend-
• ish
• - Went back to Dalhousie
• university to take a course on
• literature in 1910
• - Also earned another degree

Lucy at age forty- three
Lucy at age forty- nine
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Marriage

• - Met husband while going to Dalhousie
• university
• - Married on July 11, 1911
• - She was thirty- seven years old
• - Moved to Leaskdale, north of Uxbridge
• Ontario after wedding
• - Husband had a mental illness
• - He was a priest at three churches

Ewen and Lucy Montgomery
Ewen MacDonald
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Family

• - On July 7th, 1912 her first son
• Chester Cameron was born.
• - On August 13th , 1914 her second
• child was born and his name was
• Hugh Alexander, but he died shortly
• after his birth.
• - Her third child was born on October
• 7th, 1915, and his name was Ewan
• Stuart.

Chester Cameron
Ewan Stuart
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Later Years

• - At thirty- six years old, she finally finished
  the
• series of Anne of Green Gables.
• - It took her a long time for the publishing
  company
• to accept her work.
• - Later suffered a break down
• - Remained despondent untill her death on April
  24
• 1942
• - Buried in Cavendish, P.E.I.
• - She left 10 volumes of her diaries after her
  death
• - Later published in 1989

Maud gardening at her home in Ontario.
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Why Shes Famous

• Lucy Maud Montgomery is
• famous because, she is the
• first Canadian woman to
• write a book. The most pop-
• ular book was the Anne of
• Green Gables. I read that
• book in grade four and I
• thought it was a very
• good book.

Here is a sample of Lucys handwriting
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Books

• 1908 - Anne of Green Gables
• 1909 - Anne of Avonlea
• 1910 - Kilmeny of Ochard
• 1911 - The Story Girl
• 1912 - Chronicles of Avonlea
• 1913 - The Golden Road
• 1915 - Anne of the Island
• 1916 - The Watchmen and Other Poems
• 1917 - Annes House of Dreams
• 1919 - Rainbow Valley
• 1920 - Further Chronicles of Avonlea
• 1921 - Rilla of Ingleside

• 1923 - Emily of New Moon
• 1925 - Emily Climbs
• 1926 - The Blue Castle
• 1927 - Emilys Quest
• 1929 - Magic for Marigold
• 1931 - Tangled Web
• 1933 - Pat of Silver Bush
• 1934 - Courageous Woman
• 1935 - Mistress Pat
• 1936 - Anne of Windy Poplars
• 1937 - Jane of Lantern Hill
• 1939 - Anne of Ingleside
• 1974 - The Road to Yesterday

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Conclusion

• The reason why I choose Lucy Maud Montgomery
  was because, I
• thought she was a very interesting person to
  do. When I did research on
• her and found out that she was the first
  Canadian woman to write a
• book, I was really surprised. I couldnt
  believe that she had such a
• discouraging life. If I were her in elementary
  school, and I was made fun
• of my intelligence, I would feel proud and
  frustrated. I would too, make
• an imaginary friend if I didnt have any
  friends or siblings. I hope you
• enjoyed listening and reading my project.
• Thank You

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Picture Credits

• Book Lucy Maud Montgomery
• Author Gillin, Mollie
• Pages 4, 5, 9, 13, 16, 19, 30, 32, 34, 41, 46,
  and 63
• Date January 7th, 2003
• Book Lucy Maud Montgomery (A Writers Life)
• Author MacLeod, Elizabeth
• Pages 19 and 25
• Date January 7th, 2003

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Bibliography

• Websites
• No Author, Lucy Maud Montgomery, January.1,
  www.uxbridge.com/people/Maud.html
• No Author, Lucy Maud Montgomery, January. 6,
  www.elitrature.com.ar/Montgomery
• No Author, Bio of Lucy Maud Montgomery,
  January.16, www.gurlspages
• Books
• Gillen, Mollie, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Don Mills,
  Ontario, Fitzhenery and Whiteside Ltd.
• MacLeod, Elizabeth, A Writers Life, Toronto,Kids
  Can Press Ltd., January. 20