[1] Millgate started her thirty year career at the University of Toronto in 1964 where she was teaching English at Victoria College.

In the 1980s she was the vice Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Science, but she was known for her teaching and especially of 19th century literature.

The book reevaluated Scott's contribution to literature and his then new approach to historical writing.

[2] She died in Toronto in 2019 leaving her husband Emeritus Professor Michael Millgate.

She had met her husband in 1960 whilst he was teaching English literature at Leeds University.