Jean Blewett

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Jean Blewett
Jean Blewett c. 1896
Jean Blewett c. 1896
Born
Janet McKishnie

(1862-11-04)4 November 1862
Scotia, Kent County, Canada West
Died19 August 1934(1934-08-19) (aged 71)
Chatham, Ontario
Pen nameKatherine Kent
OccupationNewspaper editor
LanguageEnglish
NationalityCanadian
RelativesEve Brodlique (cousin)
Signature
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File:Portrait of Jean Blewett (I0029344).jpg
Jean Blewett, 1926

Jean McKishnie Blewett (pen name, Katherine Kent; 4 November 1862 – 19 August 1934) was a Canadian journalist, author and poet.[1][2]

Biography

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Blewett was born Janet McKishnie in Scotia, Kent County, Canada West, in 1862 to Scottish immigrants[3] (some sources say 1872).[4] Eve Brodlique was her cousin.[5]

She attended St. Thomas Collegiate and in 1879, married Bassett Blewett and published her first novel, Out of the Depths.[1] In 1896, she won a US$600 prize from the Chicago Times-Herald for her poem "Spring".[4][6]

Blewett was a regular contributor to The Globe, a Toronto newspaper and in 1898, became editor of its Homemakers Department.[1] In 1919, assisted by the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire, she published a booklet titled Heart Stories to benefit war charities.[1] During this time, she regularly lectured on topics such as temperance and women's suffrage.[2] She used the pseudonym "Katherine Kent" for some of her writing.[6]

In 1925, Blewett was compelled by ill-health to retire her editorship.[1] For two years, she lived with a daughter in Lethbridge, Alberta, before returning to Toronto in 1927.[1] She died in 1934 in Chatham, Ontario.[1]

After her death, fellow female journalist Bride Broder wrote in tribute:

There is a simplicity about Mrs. Blewett's prose and verse that has made a wide appeal, and her gay-hearted attitude to life, the humorous twists she gave to little things, made her very welcome as a speaker at women's gatherings. In all her writings she touched on the things that appeal to women everywhere and, in doing so, won the admiration of men readers also.[3]

Her brother, Archie P. McKishnie, was also a noted writer.[4]

Selected works

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  • Out of the depths (novel).[2][4] 1879 or 1890.[note 1]
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Notes

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  1. ^ Sources differ on the publication date for this novel.

References

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