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Ishbel Maria Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair, née Marjoribanks (b at London, Eng 15 Mar 1857; d at Aberdeen, Scot 18 Apr 1939). Married to the earl of ABERDEEN in 1877, she accompanied him to Ireland when he was lord lieutenant, and to Canada, where he was governor general 1893-98. Lady Aberdeen was deeply involved in the political crises involving the governor general from 1894 to 1896.
Far more important, however, was her work with women's organizations. A staunch Presbyterian and Gladstonian Liberal, a woman of great poise and boundless energy, she was an aristocrat-democrat with a strong social conscience. She believed that women represented an enormous, unused capacity in Canada, and that they would be a civilizing force in an untamed country. She was instrumental in forming the Canadian branch of the NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN. Despite fierce opposition from the medical establishment, she created the VICTORIAN ORDER OF NURSES. The social family compact in Ottawa, Montréal and Toronto opposed and ridiculed her projects. Her attempts to use Rideau Hall to cool the racial and religious passions of the 1890s and to break down social barriers did not endear her to the local establishment.
 Aberdeen, LadyLady Aberdeen was a dedicated reformer who founded the Victorian Order of Nurses (courtesy Library and Archives Canada/C-22760).
Author
JOHN SAYWELL
Suggested Reading
J.T. Saywell, ed, The Canadian Journal of Lady Aberdeen (1960).
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