100 Canadian Heroines: Famous and Forgotten FacesThis inspiring collection profiles remarkable women — heroines in science, sport, preaching and teaching, politics, war and peace, arts and entertainment, and more. In 100 Canadian Heroines you’ll meet remarkable women in science, sport, preaching and teaching, politics, war and peace, arts and entertainment, etc. The book is full of amazing facts and fascinating trivia about intriguing figures. Discover some of the many heroines Canada can be proud of. Find out how we’re remembering them. Or not! Augmented by great quotes and photos, this inspiring collection profiles remarkable women — heroines in science, sport, preaching and teaching, politics, war and peace, arts and entertainment, and more. Profiles include mountaineer Phyllis Munday, activist Hide Shimizu, unionist Lea Roback, and movie mogul Mary Pickford. |
Contents
Jeanne Mance | 158 |
Hannah Maynard | 161 |
Nellie McClung | 164 |
Louise McKinney | 166 |
Violet McNaughton | 168 |
Helen McNicoll | 171 |
Aimee Semple McPherson | 173 |
Maud Menten | 177 |
Pitseolak Ashoona | 38 |
James Miranda Barry | 40 |
Martha Black | 43 |
Marguerite Bourgeoys | 46 |
Molly Brant | 49 |
Harriet Brooks | 53 |
Agnes Deans Cameron | 55 |
Emily Carr | 58 |
Thérèse Casgrain | 62 |
Nellie Cashman | 65 |
Kit Coleman | 68 |
Laure Conan | 71 |
Florence Deeks | 73 |
Mazo de la Roche | 75 |
Carrie Derick | 78 |
Marie Dressler | 80 |
Margaret Duley | 83 |
Henrietta Muir Edwards | 86 |
Rose Fortune | 88 |
Laure Gaudreault | 90 |
Marie Lacoste GérinLajoie | 92 |
Helen Grant | 94 |
Isobel Gunn | 96 |
Marie Guyart Marie de lIncarnation | 98 |
Mary Riter Hamilton | 100 |
Helen Harrison | 102 |
Ann Harvey | 105 |
Anne Hébert | 107 |
E Cora Hind | 109 |
Adelaide Hunter Hoodless | 112 |
Frances Anne Hopkins | 115 |
Mina Hubbard | 117 |
FrançoiseMarie Jacquelin Marie de la Tour | 120 |
E Pauline Johnson | 122 |
Leonora Howard King | 124 |
Flores La Due | 126 |
Mrs Kwong Lee | 129 |
Anna Leonowens | 132 |
Beatrice Lillie | 135 |
Jean Lumb | 138 |
Major Margaret C Macdonald | 140 |
Elizabeth Gregory MacGill | 142 |
Helen Gregory MacGill | 146 |
Viola MacMillan | 149 |
Helen MacMurchy | 152 |
Agnes Macphail | 155 |
Mikak | 179 |
Lucy Maud Montgomery | 181 |
Geraldine Moodie | 184 |
Phyllis Munday | 187 |
Asayo Murakami | 190 |
Emily Murphy | 192 |
Nahnebahwequay | 195 |
Margaret Newton | 197 |
Mary Parlby | 199 |
Mona Parsons | 202 |
Mary Pickford | 204 |
Georgina Pope | 208 |
Isabella Preston | 210 |
Susanna Carson Rijnhart | 212 |
Léa Roback | 214 |
Fanny Rosenfeld | 216 |
Gabrielle Roy | 218 |
Idola SaintJean | 220 |
Laura Goodman Salverson | 222 |
Margaret Marshall Saunders | 224 |
Laura Secord | 226 |
Shaaw Tlaa Kate Carmack | 229 |
Mary Ann Shadd | 231 |
Shanawdithit | 233 |
Hide Hyodo Shimizu | 237 |
Mary Meager Southcott | 239 |
Georgina Stirling | 242 |
Emily Stowe | 245 |
Taqulittuq Tookoolito | 248 |
Kateri Tekakwitha | 252 |
Thanadelthur | 254 |
Gudridur Thorbjarnardottir | 257 |
Mary Travers | 260 |
Jenny Trout | 262 |
Harriet Tubman | 266 |
Madeleine de Verchères | 269 |
Eileen Vollick | 271 |
Portia White | 273 |
Alice Wilson | 276 |
MarieMarguerite dYouville | 278 |
Selected Bibliography | 280 |
Notes | 290 |
Acknowledgments | 314 |
Illustrations | 316 |
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