Mabel Burkholder

Mabel Grace Burkholder (1881–1973) was a Canadian writer and historian.

Biography
Burkholder was born in 1881 to a family of German settlers. She taught for a short time after obtaining a teaching certificate before turning to writing. She published poetry, short stories, poems and books about the history of Hamilton, Ontario from 1911 to 1968. Burkholder had a regular local history column in The Hamilton Spectator and was a member of the city's branch of Canadian Women's Press Club. In 1938, Burkholder was named Hamilton's first Citizen of the Year.

Books

 * The Shield of Honor (1929)
 * The Story of Hamilton (1938)
 * Barton on the Mount (1956)
 * The Story of Hamilton (1938)
 * Barton on the Mount (1956)