Evelyn de Mille
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Evelyn de Mille
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Evelyn de Mille was a Canadian known for being the first woman in Calgary, Alberta to own her own stand-alone bookstore. She opened her first bookstore in 1956.
In 1974 she became the first woman in Canada to found a bookstore chain. In 1972, she was the first female president of the Canadian Booksellers Association.
In this role, she helped found the Bookseller of the Year Awards. In 1974 she sold her business to W H Smith, with whom she was involved in a legal dispute.
Evelyn de Mille bought t
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