Margaret Bemister (1877 - 1984)

Margaret Bemister (August 31, 1877 – March 3, 1984) was a Canadian writer and educator. She collected and retold stories, including several told to her by a chief of the Syilx First Nation. Bemister contributed to the Manitoba Free Press and was an early member of the Winnipeg branch of the Canadian Women's Press Club. She helped create the Christmas Knapsack, an anthology published to raise money for Canadian soldiers during World War I. Besides non-fiction, she also wrote short stories and novels