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Article: Winifred Yuill Whitley: a first among women.
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- Presbyterian Record
- Article date:
- April 1, 2000
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Before women were allowed to vote and at a time when few of them thought of being anything other than a housewife or, perhaps, a teacher or nurse, a brilliant star was rising on the horizon in the small southwestern Manitoba town of Melita. Winifred (Yuill) Whitley was born in 1907 to D. William Yuill, a teacher and lawyer, and Winifred (Wellwood) Yuill, the daughter of an early Presbyterian missionary. The young Winifred progressed rapidly through school, completing grades four to seven in one year. In 1922, she was a member of the first Grade 12 class to graduate from Melita School.
But Winifred didn't stop there. She went on to study music and obtained a ...
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