About Mabel Burkholder
Lived 1881 – 1973 (aged 91–92). Mabel Burkholder was a Canadian historian, poet, writer and playwright.
Mabel Grace Burkholder (1881–1973) was a Canadian writer and historian.
Biography Burkholder was born in 1881 to a family of German settlers. She taught for a short time after obtaining a teaching certificate before turning to writing. She published poetry, short stories, poems and books about the history of Hamilton, Ontario from 1911 to 1968. Burkholder had a regular local history column in The Hamilton Spectator and was a member of the city's branch of Canadian Women's Press Club. In 1938, Burkholder was named Hamilton's first Citizen of the Year.
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Who was Mabel Burkholder?
Canadian historian (1881–1973)
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Mabel Burkholder was born in 1881 in Hamilton.
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Mabel Burkholder died in 1973.
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Mabel Burkholder was a historian, poet, writer and playwright.
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Mabel Burkholder was Canadian.
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