Minnie Bowen
Minnie Hallowell Bowen (4 February 1861–1942) daughter of the lawyer John Hallowell and of Helen Maria Clark, was born in Sherbrooke, located in Quebec, Canada, and would live there most of her life, working, amongst many things, to extend the influence of the anglophone community. In the year 1890, she would marry Cecil H. Bowen[1] and they would later have two children, Lloyd H[2] and Rose Meredyth. After a life full of active engagement and literary productions, Minnie Hallowell Bowen died in Quebec City and was buried in Sherbrooke in August 1942. Minnie Hallowell Bowen's fonds[3] can be found in the Eastern Townships Resource Centre archives[4] located in Bishop's University library.[5]
Publications and professional life
Minnie H. Bowen was a prolific writer and active upper class woman, involved in many patriotic and philanthropic societies and associations. These include the Women's Missionary Society, the Sherbrooke Patriotic Association, the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire, the Women's Conservative Association,[6][not in citation given] the Canadian Authors Association and the Sherbrooke Choral Society.[7][not in citation given]
M. H. Bowen published six books and booklets of poetry which appeared in newspapers and periodicals such as The Sherbrooke Telegram, The Sherbrooke Daily Record, The Montreal Star, The Gazette, The Algoma Missionary News, Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, The Canadian Authors' Association Yearbooks, and in pamphlets or booklets that she herself published from Sherbrooke. Most of her poems transmitted values of Canadian patriotism and nationalism or described the beauty and grandeur of Canada's landscapes.[citation needed]
Some of her poems, most of which were published but are today hard to find, include "The Union Jack", "Canada's Lament", "The Call to Arms", "The Soldier" and many others.[8] Two of her longer chapbooks, Winnowaia and The Story of the Lone Pine, are retellings of Indian legends of the Townships in prose and poetry.
Involvement in the Canadian National flag design issue
Bowen was also involved in numerous political patriotic movements, including the creation of the League of the Union Jack, which promoted the use of the Empire flag in schools of the Province of Quebec, and more significantly, the Canadian National flag design issue. Indeed, Minnie H. Bowen had a deep sense of patriotism. She promoted the idea of a new Canadian flag[9][not in citation given] by sending letters to newspapers, journals, organisations, the minister of education and even members of the government, going as far as sending some to Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. Her proposed flag design consisted of the white Cross of Sacrifice upon the Canadian Red Ensign and the Union Jack in the left upper corner.[citation needed]
References
- ↑ "Cecil H. Bowen". Eastern Townships Resource Centre. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
- ↑ "Lloyd H. Bowen". Eastern Townships Resource Centre. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
- ↑ "Minnie Hallowell Bowen fonds". Eastern Townships Resource Centre. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
- ↑ "Home". Eastern Townships Resource Centre. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
- ↑ "Library Learning Commons". Bishop's University. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
- ↑ "Home". Canadian Conservative Women's Association. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
- ↑ Paradis, Claude (February 7, 2006). "Union musicale de Sherbrooke". Retrieved 28 February 2026.
- ↑ Benazon, Michael; Côté, Sylvie. "Minnie Hallowell Bowen (1861–1942): The papers of an upper-class anglophone woman from Sherbrooke" (PDF). Eastern Townships Resource Centre. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
- ↑ "The history of the National Flag of Canada". Government of Canada. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
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