ELIZABETH MUIR
Writer, Researcher, Editor, Speaker
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Liz Muir’s first published story was in Child Life when she was 10. It was about the marsh hens that lived in the swamp in front of their Ottawa Valley farm home. The magazine sent her $1. Since then, she has published non-fiction stories in magazines in Canada, the United States, Australia and Great Britain. And recently, she has written non-fiction books for adults. But her goal is to write children’s books and her first three picture books have recently been published – Air-Crazy, Fascinating Stories of Canadian Women in the Air, Libres Comme L'air and Air-Crazy Too.
When she’s not writing, she’s an active volunteer with the Royal Ontario Museum, having headed the 600-strong volunteer contingent at the ROM and the international travel program there, ROMtravel. She likes gardening – her backyard was featured one year on Toronto’s “Secret Gardens” tours – she sails in summer and plays badminton in the winter when she’s not baby-sitting her three young grandkids.
And she gives thanks for her two adult children who often dig her out of trouble in computer land.
Watch for Liz's new book!
An Unrecognized Contribution: Women and Their Work in Nineteenth Century Toronto
To be published in October 2022 by Dundurn Press. It tells the story of women’s work in the 19th century in the settlement days of early Toronto.
“A treasure trove of incredible lives lived. Muir introduces us to an endless cast of women whose lives were marked by incredible bravery, innovation, and achievement against all odds.” — RICK MERCER
Celebrating women’s contributions to early Toronto.
Women in nineteenth-century Toronto were integral to the life of the growing city. They contributed to the city’s commerce and were owners of stores, factories, brickworks, market gardens, hotels, and taverns; as musicians, painters, and writers, they were a large part of the city’s cultural life; and as nurses, doctors, religious workers, and activists they strengthened the city’s safety net for those who were most in need.
Their stories are told in this wide-ranging collection of biographies, the result of Muir’s search of early street directories, the first city histories, personal diaries, and other documents, highlighting scores of women and the work they undertook during a period of great change for the city.
Click above image to read Elizabeth's blog article about her new book
UPCOMING EVENTS
THURS JULY 14
The History of Canadian Women Pilots
Power Point Presentation
2pm
Taylor Memorial Library
1440 Kingston Rd, TORONTO
416-396-8939
SAT JULY 16
Blues Festival Artisan Market - Book Sales
12noon - 9pm
East York Civic Centre
850 Coxwell Ave, TORONTO
NOVEMBER 5
Book Sales, Christmas Craft Fair
7am-5pm
St Barnabas Anglican Church
361 Danforth Ave, TORONTO
416-463-1344
NOVEMBER 10
Book Sales, Jubilee Monthly Market
10am-4pm
Jubilee United Church
40 Underhill Drive, TORONTO
416-447-6846
DECEMBER 12
Book Sales, Jubilee Monthly Market
10am-4pm
Jubilee United Church
40 Underhill Drive, TORONTO
416-447-6846
MARCH 8, 2023
An Unrecognized Contribution
Power Point Presentation
Delmanor Northtown
2:30pm
5351 Yonge Street, NORTH YORK
