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[[File:Ellen Peake.jpg|thumb|right|Ellen Frances Palmer Peake, 1892. UNB Class Composite & Group Photographs Database.]]Ellen Peake was born on 20 March 1870 near Dover, England. Her family moved to Fredericton when she was a child, and she attended the city's public schools, and later graduated from the Normal School in 1888 and from UNB with a BA in 1892. That same year she became the first woman to receive the Douglas Gold Medal: | |||
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"Next we come to Miss E.F.P. Peake who carried off the Douglas gold medal for the year. Miss Peake was a hard student but she feels happy in the fact that she has a handsome gold medal and a certificate of graduation honors in English, French and German to show for it." | "Next we come to Miss E.F.P. Peake who carried off the Douglas gold medal for the year. Miss Peake was a hard student but she feels happy in the fact that she has a handsome gold medal and a certificate of graduation honors in English, French and German to show for it." | ||
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*''University Monthly'', vol.12, no. 1, October 1892, p.1, 4. | |||
*UA Case 126; File 10. | |||
*[[http://www.lib.unb.ca/archives/UNBComposites/ UNB Class Composite & Group Photographs Database]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 08:03, 4 July 2014
Ellen Peake was born on 20 March 1870 near Dover, England. Her family moved to Fredericton when she was a child, and she attended the city's public schools, and later graduated from the Normal School in 1888 and from UNB with a BA in 1892. That same year she became the first woman to receive the Douglas Gold Medal:
"Next we come to Miss E.F.P. Peake who carried off the Douglas gold medal for the year. Miss Peake was a hard student but she feels happy in the fact that she has a handsome gold medal and a certificate of graduation honors in English, French and German to show for it."
Ellen Peake went on to teach English Literature at Oshkosh Normal School, Wisconsin, from 1895-1936. In 1930 she earned an MA degree from UNB.
Source(s):
- University Monthly, vol.12, no. 1, October 1892, p.1, 4.
- UA Case 126; File 10.
- [UNB Class Composite & Group Photographs Database]
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