Maryon Pearson
Maryon Elspeth Pearson was the wife of Lester Bowles Pearson, the 14th Prime Minister of Canada.
Maryon and Lester Pearson married on August 22, 1925. They met at the University of Toronto, where he was a teacher and she was a student.
Maryon Pearson was also known for her sharp tongued wit. Among her most famous quotations:
- "Behind every successful man, there stands a surprised woman."
- : "I married him for better or worse. I didn't marry him for lunch."
- "Yes, three doughnuts and six cups of coffee."
- "We lost everything. We even won our own constituency."
- "The big problem is to find suitable hats. I don't care for them all that much, but you have to wear them in politics."''
It was reportedly also at Maryon Pearson's behest that the practice of curtseying to the Governor General and his consort was discontinued — apparently because Pearson refused to act deferentially toward her longtime friend Norah Michener.Children
They had one son, Geoffrey, and one daughter, Patricia. Geoffrey was married to former Canadian Senator Landon Pearson. Geoffrey and Landon Pearson's daughter is USA Today journalist Patricia Pearson.
