Irene Mary (Biss) Spry
b. 1907 in South Africa, d. 1998, Ottawa, Ontario

Writer, economist and teacher, her social activism included membership in the League of Social Reconstruction; work with the Federated Women's Institute in Canada which became known as the Associated Country Women of the World – ACWW. Her writings include The Palliser Expedition '63 and an about to be published book, From the Hunt to the Homestead.

"I don't know how many scholars I have inspired, but I've argued with a great many."