Evelyn de Mille (born 1919) is a Canadian known for being the first woman in Calgary, Alberta to own her own stand-alone bookstore in the city. 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, … Wikipedia
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