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Dorothea Mitchell
Dorothea Mitchell (1877–1976), also known as Lady Lumberjack, was a pioneer filmmaker in Canada.〔"(Dorothea Mitchell Biography )." Lady Lumberjack. Retrieved March 15, 2015.〕 Mitchell co-founded the first amateur film group in Canada, the Port Arthur Amateur Cinema Society, in 1929, and made three feature-length films: ''A Race For Ties'' (1929), ''Sleep Inn Beauty'' (1929), and ''The Fatal Flower'' (1930 but left unfinished).〔("Port Arthur Amateur Cinema Society." ) Lady Lumberjack. Retrieved March 15, 2015.〕〔("The Fatal Flower Project." ) Lady Lumberjack. Retrieved March 15, 2015.〕 The society's first film, ''A Race For Ties,'' has the distinction of being the first amateur feature length film in Canada.〔("A Race For Ties." ) Thunder Bay Museum. Retrieved March 15, 2015.〕
Mitchell was also the first single woman granted a homestead in the province of Ontario in 1911, served as station master at Silver Mountain Station, and ran a sawmill, which earned her her nickname.〔("Dorothea Mitchell Biography." ) Lady Lumberjack. Retrieved March 15, 2015.〕 She published an autobiography, ''Lady Lumberjack'', in 1968.〔("Dorothea Mitchell Biography." ) Lady Lumberjack. Retrieved March 15, 2015.〕 ''Lady Lumberjack'' and other works written by Mitchell were republished in an annotated collection in 2005.〔("The Lady Lumberjack: An Annotated Collection of Dorothea Mitchell's Writings." ) Lady Lumberjack. Retrieved March 15, 2015.〕
== Early life ==
Dorothea Mitchell was born in England in 1877.〔"(Dorothea Mitchell Biography )." Lady Lumberjack. Retrieved March 15, 2015.〕 The family, including her younger sister Vera, moved from England to Bombay (now Mumbai), India, for her father's work in establishing railroads throughout the British Empire.〔"(Dorothea Mitchell Biography )." Lady Lumberjack. Retrieved March 15, 2015.〕 Dorothea and Vera were educated as colonial elite in India and were taught etiquette and dancing, as well as other pursuits.〔"(Dorothea Mitchell Biography )." Lady Lumberjack. Retrieved March 15, 2015.〕 Mitchell's mother also encouraged her daughters to learn some traditionally masculine skills as well, such as carpentry, riding, and marksmanship.〔"(Dorothea Mitchell Biography )." Lady Lumberjack. Retrieved March 15, 2015.〕 Shortly after the family returned to England in the 1890s, Dorothea's father died.〔"(Dorothea Mitchell Biography )." Lady Lumberjack. Retrieved March 15, 2015.〕 The family's upper class status in India reverted to middle class in England, and Dorothea began working various jobs to support her mother and younger sister.〔"(Dorothea Mitchell Biography )." Lady Lumberjack. Retrieved March 15, 2015.〕〔Cheryl Desroches. ("''The Lady Lumberjack: An Annotated Collection of Dorothea Mitchell's Writings.'' (Book review)" ), Ontario History, September 22, 2006 - via ProQuest (subscription needed).〕
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