Memorable Manitobans: Beatrice Maude Bradshaw (1885-1972)

Educator.

Born at Guelph, Ontario on 31 July 1885, her family moved near Morden, Manitoba in 1891. Her teaching career began at Morden, and Deloraine and Lauder before she joined the staff of the Winnipeg School District in 1908. After two years at Strathcona School, she became Principal of Cecil Rhodes School. She left the employ of the Board in 1913, then returned to teaching at Machray School, from 1914 to 1922, leaving there to become Principal of the newly-opened David Livingstone School. In 1929, she became Primary Supervisor for the District, with special emphasis on the education of handicapped children. She retired in June 1946 and lived alternately at the University Women’s Club, Florida, and Jamaica. She died at Winnipeg, unmarried, on 25 March 1972. She was an aunt to David B. Stewart.

Sources:

Winnipeg School Days, 1871-1950 by W. G. Pearce, Winnipeg School Division, Education Resource Centre.

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 27 March 1972, page 16.

This profile was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Profile revised: 17 November 2011

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