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Mary Grannan
Mary Evelyn Grannan (11 February 1900 – 3 January 1975) was a Canadian children's writer and radio personality. She wrote and performed in programs for children on CBC Radio and CBC Television between 1938 and 1962. Stories broadcast on her radio and television programs ''Just Mary'' and '' Maggie Muggins'' were published in a series of popular books. Family and education Mary Grannan was born into an Irish Canadian Roman Catholic family in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada on 11 February 1900. She was the second of three daughters born to William Peter Grannan and Catherine Teresa Haney. Her father, a wheelwright by trade, was also employed as a fireman. Mary Grannan attended St. Dunstan's School, a Roman Catholic elementary school, and then Fredericton High School. She attended New Brunswick's Provincial Normal School in Fredericton from September 1917 to June 1918, graduating as a teacher second class. Teacher and broadcaster in Fredericton In 1919 Mary Grannan began ...
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