Calgary & Southern Alberta

Born at Eastville, Nova Scotia, on 20 September 1894, Edith Blanche Rogers taught in Nova Scotia and travelled to Edgerton, Alberta, to visit her aunt in 1913. Upon being invited to teach in the area, she attended Camrose Normal School and taught near Tofield. She later returned to Edgerton where she continued to teach. In 1923 she married William Rogers, the local high school principal. Upon moving to Calgary in 1929, the couple became interested in William Aberhart’s teachings. Rogers ran as a Social Credit candidate in Ponoka in 1935 and defeated ex-Premier Brownlee. After serving only one term, Rogers worked as an auditor with the U. S. Army Engineers which was building a pipeline in the Northwest Territories. Elected as a school trustee in Edmonton in 1959, Rogers continued to serve in that capacity until 1974.