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Jessie MacDonald (Canadian)

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This article is about the wife of poets Conrad Aiken and Martin Armstrong. For the poet who published in 'Poetry', see Jessie MacDonald (U.S. poet).
Jessie MacDonald with daughter Joan Aiken and grandchildren Lizza and John, in 1953. Courtesy The World of Joan Aiken.

Jessie MacDonald with daughter Joan Aiken and grandchildren Lizza and John, in 1953. Courtesy The World of Joan Aiken.

Jessie MacDonald was a Canadian.

Life[]

MacDonald was born and raised in Quebec. She graduated from McGill University, and then attended Radcliffe College in Cambridge, Massachusetts. At Radcliffe, in 1911 she met American poet Conrad Aiken.[1] MacDonald and Aiken married in 1912, and had 3 children – John (born 1913, Jane (born 1917), and Joan (born 1924) – all of whom would grow up to be successful novelists.[2]

Aiken and McDonald divorced in 1929. Macdonald then married English poet and novelist Martin Armstrong.[1] The two older children were sent to boarding school, while took MacDonald and the youngest, 5-year-old Joan to live at his home in the Sussex Downs.[3] MacDonald homeschooled Joan Aiken until she was 12, when she also was sent to boarding school.[1]

MacDonald never published a book.[1]

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References[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lizza Aiken, "A Family Education," The HornBook, 2009. The World of Joan Aiken, March 28, 2014, Wordpress, Web, July 12, 2015.
  2. ↑ Conrad Aiken, Georgia Writers Hall of Fame, University of Georgia. Web, July 12, 2015.
  3. ↑ The Village: Joan Aiken's childhood inspiration, The World of Joan Aiken, March 19, 2015. Wordpress, Web, July 12, 2015.

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