Edna May Williston Best
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Edna May Williston Best (Sexton) (June 25, 1880 – December 14, 1923) was a social activist and war worker born in Shediac, New Brunswick and died in Halifax, Nova Scotia
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May Best was orphaned at an early age and raised by family in Boston. She obtained an honours science degree from MIT and married another graduate, Frederic Sexton who became a professor at Dalhousie University
in Halifax. As a faculty wife she became fully involved in many organizations they supported, one of the most important being the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire
. She served a term as the first municipal regent. She was aggressively involved in women's issues revolving around education and the roles of women.
May Sexton is mainly remembered in Canadian history through her involvement in the war effort. The Local Council of Women in Halifax spear-headed an intense war effort from that city and the whole province and Sexton was a leading force.
City of Halifax
Halifax is a city in Canada, which was the capital of the province of Nova Scotia and shire town of Halifax County. It was the largest city in Atlantic Canada until it was amalgamated into Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996...
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May Best was orphaned at an early age and raised by family in Boston. She obtained an honours science degree from MIT and married another graduate, Frederic Sexton who became a professor at Dalhousie University
Dalhousie University
Dalhousie University is a public research university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The university comprises eleven faculties including Schulich School of Law and Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine. It also includes the faculties of architecture, planning and engineering located at...
in Halifax. As a faculty wife she became fully involved in many organizations they supported, one of the most important being the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire
Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire
The Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire is a women's charitable organization based in Canada. The club was originally titled the "Federation of Daughters of the British Empire", which was founded by Margaret Clark Murray in 1900...
. She served a term as the first municipal regent. She was aggressively involved in women's issues revolving around education and the roles of women.
May Sexton is mainly remembered in Canadian history through her involvement in the war effort. The Local Council of Women in Halifax spear-headed an intense war effort from that city and the whole province and Sexton was a leading force.