Lewis, Norah L. 1935-

PERSONAL:

Born November 1, 1935, in Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada; daughter of Francis James (a farmer) and Ida Pearl (a homemaker; maiden name, Waddell) Sullivan; married Rolland Wray Lewis (an electronics technician and English teacher), November 1, 1969. Education: Attended Saskatoon Teachers College, 1953-54; University of Saskatchewan, B.Ed., 1965; University of British Columbia, M.Ed., 1975, Ed.D., 1980. Politics: "Varies by election." Religion:Presbyterian.

ADDRESSES:

Home—9688 No. 2 Rd., No. 14, Richmond, British Columbia V7E 2E1, Canada.

CAREER:

Writer, historian and educator. Queen Park School, teacher, 1954-56; Federal Indian Schools, worked as teacher, principal, and classroom supervisor, between 1956 and 1974; University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, sessional lecturer, 1974-84, 1986-93. Vancouver School of Theology, board member of St. Andrew's Hall, 1991-99, chair of advisory council for Elders' Institute, 1999—.

WRITINGS:

"I Want to Join Your Club," Wilfrid Laurier University Press (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada), 1996.

Dear Editor and Friends: Letters from Rural Women of the North-West, 1900-1920, Wilfrid Laurier University Press (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada), 1998.

Freedom to Play, Wilfrid Laurier University Press (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada), 2002.

WORK IN PROGRESS:

Research on the lives of Canadian women during wartime, as reflected in their letters to the women's pages of newspapers.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Canadian Woman Studies, summer, 2000, Pam Mc-Dermid, review of Dear Editor and Friends: Letters from Rural Women of the North-West, 1900-1920, p. 157.

NWSA Journal, spring, 2000, Amy L. Wink, review ofDear Editor and Friends, p. 222.