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Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Mathers, Margaret Ethel
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Description area
Dates of existence
1876-
History
Margaret Ethel Mathers was born Maud Ethel Bligh in Halifax in 1876 to Howard and Maria Bligh. In 1899 she married Frederick Francis Mathers, who served as the 18th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia from 1940-1942. She was involved with numerous benevolent organizations, especially those aimed at improving the lives of girls and women.