Gretchen Wilson

Background

Gretchen Wilson was born on June 7, 1956, in Bethesda, Maryland, United States. She is the daughter of Paul R. and Peggy (Harding) Kelbaugh.

Education

Gretchen Wilson was educated at the University of New Brunswick where she received a Bachelor of Education degree with distinction in 1979 and a Bachelor of Arts degree with high honors in 1992.

Career

Gretchen Wilson devoted most time of her career to teaching. From 1980 till 1987 she was a high school science teacher in Quispamsis, New Brunswick. Then she decided to start her writing career. In the early 1990s, she began writing her only book With All Her Might: The Life of Gertrude Harding, Militant Suffragette, the biography of her great aunt. In this book, the author provides historical background and a sensitive appreciation for Harding's adventurous personality. With All Her Might offers an insider's perspective on the subterfuge, relentless creativity, and bold confrontations with the law that were an integral part of the fight for a woman's right to vote.

Wilson also presented poetry workshops to school children. In 1997 she was an opinion columnist at the Telegraph-Journal. She is also known as the author of 106 Fire Hydrants, a television script for CBC-TV.

Achievements

• Gretchen Wilson is known as an award-winning author. Her awards include first prize for nonfiction from Writers Federation of New Brunswick literary competition in 1992 and first prize for children's literature in 1993. She was the winner in the script development workshop sponsored by Atlantic Film Festival and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1996 and 1997.
  
  Her book With All Her Might: The Life of Gertrude Harding, Militant Suffragette received a very positive response from readers and reviewers.

Works

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• book

  • With All Her Might: The Life of Gertrude Harding, Militant Suffragette

    (With All Her Might is the biography of Gertrude Harding, ...)

    1996

Membership

Gretchen Wilson is a member of the Writers' Union of Canada and Periodical Writers Association of Canada. In 1991 she was a founding member of the board of directors of Saint John Rape Crisis Line.

• vice president

  Writers' Federation of New Brunswick , Canada

  1996 - 1998

Interests

• sport and music

Connections

Gretchen Wilson married Brian Wilson in 1979. The marriage produced three children, Jacqueline, Alexander and Benjamin. Later on, the couple separated.

Father:

Paul R. Kelbaugh

Mother:

Peggy (Harding) Kelbaugh

Ex-husband:

Brian Wilson