Irene Baird

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Irene Baird (April 4, 1901, Carlisle – April 19, 1981, Coquitlam) was an English-Canadian novelist, journalist and civil servant. She is best known for her 1939 novel Waste Heritage, a depiction of labour strife. Baird wrote four novels and also contributed journalism, stories, and poetry. In the early 1940s she began work for National Film Board and then the government of Canada, eventually becoming the first woman to head a federal information division. rdf:langString
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rdf:langString Irene Baird in 1942. Portrait by Yousuf Karsh.
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