The Real Haunted Story Of Grace Hospital

According to rumors, the maternity wing at Grace Hospital in Calgary is reportedly haunted by the soul of Maudine Riley, also known as Maude Keene Riley, for short. According to the legend, Maudine's family was the owner of the property on which the proposed hospital was subsequently constructed. Unfortunately, Maudine passed away while she was giving birth. Even her kid did not make it through the birthing process.

It is stated that the wretched form of her soul takes up residence in the maternity unit and when she is seen there, she is supposed to be cradling her child. There is a vast range of human emotions that may be experienced at hospitals, ranging from extreme happiness to extreme misery. As a result, many people think that hospitals are often claimed to be haunted.

The question remains, however, whether Maudine or Maude Keane. Riley is the one who haunts, having spent her childhood in Perth County, Ontario. Maud Keene. Riley went on to get her teaching certification from the Ontario Normal School. She obtained a teaching post at Nose Creek School in Calgary in 1903.

When she had completed her education and received her certification. She wed Harold Riley in 1907, and the couple went on to have three children together during one of the deliveries, both the mother and the infant were so near to passing away that it is reported that Maud made a pledge to herself.

That she would always look out for the well-being of children and the families on whom they were raised. Could this be the fact that the myth exists? Maude's initial participation in the community was with the local Council of Women, which was comprised of human rights advocates such as Emily Murphy and Henrietta Muir Edwards.

This organization was successful in lobbying for a number of significant improvements, including the ability to vote for women in 1916 and the right to dower rights for women. Following her involvement with this organization, Maude went on to become involved with over 30 organizations in the province of Alberta.

Such as the Alberta Federation of Women, the Calgary Playground Association, the Canadian Council on Child Welfare and the Foothills Provincial General Hospital Board. She gained valuable experience on the subject of activism through her involvement with this group. The work that she did in the area of women's rights and in particular children's rights, was steadfast and comprehensive. She investigated everything from the need of appropriate nutrition to the importance of moral decency. The phrase children should be, well, born, well treated, well housed, well fed and well taught was one of mods favorite sayings throughout her lifetime.

She shown a great deal of resolve as she persistently pushed legislators until they made concessions for her cause is. These concessions included the pasteurization of milk free hospitalization for maternity family courts and family allowances, all of which were designed to ensure that children received adequate care. Maud was a contributor to the establishment of the Calgary Child Welfare Society in 1918. In 1923, the organization evolved into the Alberta Council on Child and Family Welfare.

This would be her finest accomplishment, which would result in enormous changes to the quality of care that is accessible to families and children in Alberta. Unopposed, she served as the organization's president from 1923 to 1962. One of her latter accomplishments was pushing for the establishment of family courts, which would allow juveniles to be tried independently from adults.

It was Maud Riley's dogged determination that led to the establishment of a significant number of the social services that are now considered to be standard in Alberta. Maude Riley died unexpectedly in 1962, only a few months before she was scheduled to be awarded an honorary doctorate degree in law from the University of Alberta Institution of Research. It is widely acknowledged that she was a pioneer in the field of social work in Alberta.