caption death_date death_place birth_place other_names birth_date alt image article_title name occupation
mackenzie in 1947 photographed at the '' new york times '' 30 october 1949 1894 yes new york , new york , united states baddeck , cape breton , nova scotia , canada catherine bierstadt 1894 yes mackenzie in 1947 photographed at the '' new york times '' catherine -lrb- 6891481169 -rrb- . jpg mackenzie -lrb- bierstadt -rrb- -lrb- ca. 1894-1949 -rrb- catherine mackenzie
 catherine mackenzie journalist
catherine mackenzie

catherine d. mackenzie -lrb- -- 30 october 1949 -rrb- was a canadian-born journalist who worked in new york .
mackenzie was born in the small town of baddeck , nova scotia , around 1894 .
baddeck was the site of alexander graham bell 's summer home , and towards the end of his life he spent increasing time there conducting experiments .
for the eight years preceding bell 's 1922 death , mackenzie worked as his personal secretary and research assistant .
in 1928 she published a biography of bell entitled `` alexander graham bell : the man who contracted space . ''
by 1929 , mackenzie had moved to new york city where she initially found work writing a series of newspaper and magazine articles about her home province of nova scotia , which were paid for by the provincial government .
she later became the parent/child editor of the `` new york times '' , a position she held until her death .
in 1947 , she received the lasker award for her work on mental illnes , in relation to her regular `` parent and child '' column .
mackenzie was married to new york writer edward hale bierstadt .
