Acknowledgements

The Watercress Girls is dedicated to the five ‘Mackley Girls’ who grew up variously in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada and Minot, North Dakota, USA.

Also, to the memory of two lovely English sisters, Lottie, who was painted as a child wearing a yellow dress, and her sister Clare, missionary and teacher.

I would like to thank my Canadian/American cousins, Jean (Mackley) and Del Plaisance for their warm encouragement, vivid recall of past times, and help with my research, (which included splendid photographs by their nephew Gary Hagen).

Also ‘over here’, Sara, Glenys, Joyce, G.C. and, as always, John.