Kate Simpson Hayes

| death_place = British Columbia, Canada | resting_place = | occupation = playwright, author, journalist, poet, teacher, milliner, legislative librarian | language = English | nationality = | ethnicity = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = | period = | genre = | subject = | movement = | notableworks = | spouse = | partner = Nicholas Flood Davin | children = 4 | relatives = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | signature = }} Kate Simpson Hayes (, Hayes; after first marriage, Simpson; after separation, Hayes; pen names, Mary Markwell, Elaine, Marka Wohl, Yukon Bill; 6 July 1856 - 15 January 1945) was a Canadian playwright, author, journalist, poet, teacher, milliner, and legislative librarian. She was a founding member of the Canadian Women's Press Club, and the first woman journalist in Western Canada. Provided by Wikipedia