Mary Quayle Innis: Faculty Wives' Contributions and the Making of Academic Celebrity
Author(s) -
Donica Belisle,
Kiera P Mitchell
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
canadian historical review
Language(s) - French
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.232
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1710-1093
pISSN - 0008-3755
DOI - 10.3138/chr.2017-0108
Subject(s) - laundry , reprint , media studies , sociology , management , history , library science , computer science , archaeology , physics , astronomy , economics
Mary Quayle Innis (1899–1972) was instrumental in forging the career and legacy of her husband, Harold Adams Innis (1894–1952). Her labours on his behalf included typing, editing, writing, researching, preparing indices, curating his papers, revising his publications, and bringing his manuscripts to press. Quayle also ran errands, shopped, did laundry, prepared food, and provided care for Innis and their four children. She further often networked and hosted academic gatherings. All of this work made it possible for Innis to publish prolifically, advance his career, and become central to the English-Canadian academic canon. This article argues that it is time to give Quayle the credit she is due. It is also time to re-evaluate the importance of caring labour within the academy.Résumé:Mary Quayle Innis (1899–1972) a contribué de manière fondamentale à la carrière et à l’œuvre de son mari, Harold Adam Innis (1894–1952). Son aide comprenait des travaux de dactylographie, de révision, de rédaction, de recherche, d’indexation, de classement, de correction et de préparation des manuscrits pour publication. Elle faisait aussi les courses et la lessive et préparait les repas, en plus de s’occuper de son mari et de leurs quatre enfants. En outre, elle entretenait les liens professionnels et recevait souvent les collègues de son mari. Grâce à cela, Innis a pu publier abondamment, faire avancer sa carrière et occuper une position centrale dans le milieu universitaire canadien-anglais. Aussi est-il temps, soutiennent l’auteure et sa collaboratrice, d’accorder à Quayle le mérite qui lui revient. Il est également temps de réévaluer l’importance du soutien des proches au sein du monde universitaire.
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