Memorable Manitobans: Helen F. Marsh (1917-1995)

Journalist, publisher.

Born in Dauphin, Manitoba she was educated locally. Her family had long published the Dauphin Herald, and she became its editor in 1949. She spent 18 years on the Dauphin town council and was Manitoba’s first representative among Canada’s United Nations delegation. She was the first female president of the Manitoba Association of Weekly Newspapers. She received an honorary doctorate from the University of Manitoba (1977) and served on its Board of Governors. She was made an honorary life member of the Manitoba Association of Urban Municipalities. Her memoirs, There’s Lots of Bush -- Between the Tea and the Green, appeared in 1988.

Source:

Dictionary of Manitoba Biography by J. M. Bumsted, Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1999.

Profile revised: 12 January 2011

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