Marshall Saunders
Margaret Marshall Saunders was a Canadian author best known for her novel Beautiful Joe. Much of Saunders’s work addressed social issues, including child labour, slum clearance, and animal cruelty. Active in local media, Saunders co-founded the Maritime branch of the Canadian Women’s Press Club with Anne of Green Gables author Lucy Maud Montgomery, and was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1934. Other titles by Saunders include Tilda Jane: An Orphan In Search of a...
