Education
Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Blakeley received a Bachelor of Arts degree, a Bachelor of Education degree, and a Master of Arts degree from Dalhousie University.
Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Blakeley received a Bachelor of Arts degree, a Bachelor of Education degree, and a Master of Arts degree from Dalhousie University.
In 1945, she became a research assistant at the Public Archives of Nova Scotia. She retired in 1985. Her publications include Glimpses of Halifax (1949), Nova Scotia - A Brief History (1956), The Story of Prince Edward Island (1963), and Nova Scotia"s Two Remarkable Giants: Angus McAskill and Anna Swan (1970). She was also a contributor to the Dictionary of Canadian Biography having contributed 31 historical biographies.
She received a Doctor of Law degree from Dalhousie University in 1977, and a Doctor of Letters from Saint Mary"s University in 1983.
In 1979, she was made a Fellow of the Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society.