From: The Star

By: Daphne GordonLucy

Maud Montgomery was born in Clifton, Prince Edward Island, in 1874.Her mother died two years later and her father moved west, leaving Maud, as she was known in girlhood, to be cared for by her grandparents in Cavendish, P.E.I. An enthusiastic student and an avid writer, Montgomery published her first poem when she was 17, went on to become a teacher, and studied for a year at Dalhousie University – a rare achievement for a woman of her era. more…