Kathleen Murphy was born in 1927 to a large Irish farming family in 
     
     the Vlllage of Kinkora, in rural Prince Edward Island. She was the 
     
     youngest of a family of 16 children. She lived through the depression, 
     
     the railway years, World War II, the segregation of Catholics and 
     
     Protestants, and the simpler semi-subsistence way of life then being 
     
     experienced in rural Prince Edward Island. 
     
    
   
   
    
     One could facetiously say that Kathleen Mulphy accomplished little 
     
     throughout her life. Other than a wife and mother, she has held no 
     
    
   
   
    
     positions, written no books, and received no awards. The Canada 
     
     Pension Plan has no record of her ever having a job, and when you 
     
     Google her name, the screen comes up blank. 
     
    
   
   
    
     However, as the pages that follow will so graphically illustrate, the truth 
     
     is the exact opposite. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     ~ Excerpt from an introduction by Shawn Murphy 
     
    
   
   
    
     ISBN 978—0-9878924—0-9 
     
     Wayne MacKinnon has written extensively about Prince ll 
     
    
   
   
    
     Edward Island history and politics. His publications 
     
     include a biography of Premier ]. Walter jones and an 
     
     award—winning biography ofPremier Alex Campbell. 
     
    
   
   
    
     9 780987 892409 
     
    
   
   
    
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