Norah M. Holland
Norah Mary Holland (1876-1925) was a Canadian poet.Holland was born in Collingwood, Ontario, the daughter of Elizabeth (Yeats) and John H. Holland. Her mother was a 1st cousin of Irish poet William Butler Yeats.
In 1889 the Hollands moved to Toron
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Norah Mary Holland (1876-1925) was a Canadian poet.Holland was born in Collingwood, Ontario, the daughter of Elizabeth (Yeats) and John H. Holland. Her mother was a 1st cousin of Irish poet William Butler Yeats.
In 1889 the Hollands moved to Toronto, and Norah completed her education at Toronto's Parkdale Collegiate. She worked for the Dominion Press Clippping Bureau for 8 years, and then joined the Toronto Daily News.
Her play, When Half Gods Go, was the final performance staged by Toronto's Margaret Eaton School of Literature and Expression in 1928.
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