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Born in the shadow of World War II, Mary Lou Dickinson came of age in an era that expected women to conform?but she never did. A feminist writer of the Silent Generation, she carved her own path as a single mother in the 1970s, juggling multiple jobs to support herself and her children.
Her life changed when she found solidarity in the women?s movement, drawing earlier inspiration from Betty Friedan and later working to support survivors of assault. Though she had long published stories in literary magazines, it wasn?t until the age of 70 that her first book was published, proving that it?s never too late to claim ones voice.

AUTHOR

Mary Lou Dickinson

Mary Lou Dickinson graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from McGill University and a Master in Library Science from the University of Toronto. One Day It Happens, her book of short stories, was published by Inanna Publications in 2007. Her fiction has been published in the University of Windsor Review, Descant, Waves, Grain, The Fiddlehead, Canadian Woman Studies, Northern Journey, Impulse, Writ and broadcast on cbc Radio. Her writing was also included in the anthology, We Who Can Fly: Poems, Essays and Memories in Honour of Adele Wiseman. Mary Lou Dickinson grew up in northern Quebec and has lived for many years in Toronto.