| A Century on Spring Street |
| Wanda Lefurgey Wyatt of Summerside, Prince Edward Island, 1895-1998 |
| Deirdre Kessler |
As a little girl, Wanda Wyatt watched sailing vessels in
Summerside harbour. She crossed the Northumberland
Strait by steamship. She accompanied her father on
the Prince Edward Island Railway to Charlottetown,
where he sat in the Island legislature. Her mother, a
talented painter and daughter of a noted Island
shipbuilder and politician, made sure Wanda and her
sister were instructed in art, music, and dance. Wanda
Wyatt was the first woman in Prince Edward Island to
be admitted to the study of law.
Wanda Lefurgey Wyatt began to keep a diary in 1912,
and continued the practice until 1994. "I tried to keep
a good record," she said. And a good record she did
keep - of her family life, of her cherished town of
Summerside, of the Island, and of her world travels.
This book, based on Wanda Wyatt's diaries and
letters, on conversations with Wanda herself and her
friends and family, is an excursion from the end of the
nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth through
the eyes of an observant, intelligent woman who was
devoted to her family and her Island.
Summerside harbour. She crossed the Northumberland
Strait by steamship. She accompanied her father on
the Prince Edward Island Railway to Charlottetown,
where he sat in the Island legislature. Her mother, a
talented painter and daughter of a noted Island
shipbuilder and politician, made sure Wanda and her
sister were instructed in art, music, and dance. Wanda
Wyatt was the first woman in Prince Edward Island to
be admitted to the study of law.
Wanda Lefurgey Wyatt began to keep a diary in 1912,
and continued the practice until 1994. "I tried to keep
a good record," she said. And a good record she did
keep - of her family life, of her cherished town of
Summerside, of the Island, and of her world travels.
This book, based on Wanda Wyatt's diaries and
letters, on conversations with Wanda herself and her
friends and family, is an excursion from the end of the
nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth through
the eyes of an observant, intelligent woman who was
devoted to her family and her Island.
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| "The enchantment of Wanda Wyatt's attic is one familiar to anybody who loves an old house where a single family has collected and stored remnants of its life over a number of generations . . . Everything had been kept from every era of the Wyatt-Lefurgey households and lives. And downstairs, still living in the house in which she was born, was Miss Wanda Wyatt, nearly 101 years old." -Deirdre Kessler, Prologue |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ TABLE OF CONTENTS |
Acknowledgements Prologue: Wanda Wyatt's Attic Introduction A Note on the Text Part 1: The Early Years, 1895-1917 Chapter 1: Childhood, 1895-1907 Chapter 2: Edgehill School for Girls, 1908-1913 Chapter 3: The McGill Years, 1913-1917 Part 2: The Little Family, 1917-1958 Chapter 4: Home and Away, 1917-1929 Chapter 5: Looking after the Family, 1929-1937 Chapter 6: They Wyatt Sisters, 1937-1958 Part 3: Business and Pleasure, 1959-1998 Chapter 7: Business, Travel, and Heritage, 1959-1989 Chapter 8: Centenarian and Benefactor, 1990-1998 Epilogue Wanda Wyatt's Diaries Archaeology of the Wyatt House Index List of Credits |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ABOUT THE AUTHOR Deirdre Kessler |
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