Elizabeth Smart

Andrew Lesk (University of Toronto)

Ed. by Wendy Roy, University of Saskatchewan
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.1.2: Canadian Writing and Culture (Anglophone): The Twentieth Century and beyond, 1900-present.
Vol. editors: Sarah Henzi (Simon Fraser University), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Glen Nichols (Mount Allison University), Wendy Roy (University of Saskatchewan), Denis Salter (McGill University), Karis Shearer (University of British Columbia)

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Born 27 Dec 1913
Died 4 Mar 1986
Activity 1945-1985

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Active in Canada

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The third child of Russel and Emma Louise (Louie) [neé Parr], Elizabeth Smart was born on December 27, 1913, eight months after the death of her seven-month-old sister. Russel, an entrepreneurial lawyer and scientist, and Louie, a strong-willed housewife who set great store by formal etiquette, raised their family in moneyed comfort in Ottawa, Ontario.

Elizabeth Smart attended Elmwood School, modelled after English institutions and run with an emphasis on traditionalism. The school’s aim was to teach girls how to be graceful and of service to others, rather than to attain personal distinction. (Smart later called this attitude “ambition cast down”.) The young Elizabeth published some writing in the school’s magazine, Samara, but it was nothing remarkable; she did, though, begin

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Citation: Lesk, Andrew. "Elizabeth Smart". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 29 April 2005 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=4106, accessed 25 November 2024.]

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