About the Book    Julia Grace Wales: Canada´s Hidden Heroine and the Quest for Peace 1914-1918 is the story of a remarkable Canadian woman who grew up in the Eastern Townships of Quebec during the late 1800s. Distressed by the outbreak of the Great War in 1914, she wrote a plan for continuous mediation that could have brought the fighting to a halt early on, but the diplomats and heads of state failed to consider it seriously.
   Her conversations with European officials are surprising—and most revealing. All Canadians can take pride in Miss Wales´ work for peace. It eventually led to the organization of the League of Nations and later, the United Nations, and the relatively peaceful years we have enjoyed since 1945.

About the Author    Mary Jean Woodard Bean graduated from the School for Teachers, MacDonald College, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, at age 18 and later earned her B. Ed from McGill University. Now retired, mother of six, grandmother and great-grandmother, she lives in her native village, North Hatley, Quebec. She has written for Spider Magazine, and published a historical genealogy, The Hatley Reeds. A student of history, she is intensely proud of the contribution make by her ancestors and other English-speaking settlers to the development of the Eastern Townships and the Province of Quebec.