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.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Selected bibliography": p. [280]-289
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 920.72/0971
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn---
- ISBN
- 1550025147 9781550029529
- LCCN
- CT3270
- LCCN Item number
- F67 2004eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (319 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)jme00322802 (OCoLC)696030426 (CaOOCEL)404501
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Title proper/short title
- One hundred Canadian heroines
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents 8
- Foreword 14
- Introduction 18
- Maude Abbott 21
- Lady Aberdeen 24
- Emma Albani 27
- Marie-Joseph Angélique 29
- Anna Mae Aquash 32
- Edith Jessie Archibald 36
- Pitseolak Ashoona 39
- James Miranda Barry 41
- Martha Black 44
- Marguerite Bourgeoys 47
- Molly Brant 50
- Harriet Brooks 54
- Agnes Deans Cameron 56
- Emily Carr 59
- Thérèse Casgrain 63
- Nellie Cashman 66
- Kit Coleman 69
- Laure Conan 72
- Florence Deeks 74
- Mazo de la Roche 76
- Carrie Derick 79
- Marie Dressler 81
- Margaret Duley 84
- Henrietta Muir Edwards 87
- Rose Fortune 89
- Laure Gaudreault 91
- Marie Lacoste Gérin-Lajoie 93
- Helen Grant 95
- Isobel Gunn 97
- Marie Guyart (Marie de l’Incarnation) 99
- Mary Riter Hamilton 101
- Helen Harrison 103
- Ann Harvey 106
- Anne Hébert 108
- E. Cora Hind 110
- Adelaide Hunter Hoodless 113
- Frances Anne Hopkins 116
- Mina Hubbard 118
- Françoise-Marie Jacquelin (Marie de la Tour) 121
- E. Pauline Johnson 123
- Leonora Howard King 125
- Flores La Due 127
- Mrs. Kwong Lee 130
- Anna Leonowens 133
- Beatrice Lillie 136
- Jean Lumb 139
- Major Margaret C. Macdonald 141
- Elizabeth Gregory MacGill 143
- Helen Gregory MacGill 147
- Viola MacMillan 150
- Helen MacMurchy 153
- Agnes Macphail 156
- Jeanne Mance 159
- Hannah Maynard 162
- Nellie McClung 165
- Louise McKinney 167
- Violet McNaughton 169
- Helen McNicoll 172
- Aimee Semple McPherson 174
- Maud Menten 178
- Mikak 180
- Lucy Maud Montgomery 182
- Geraldine Moodie 185
- Phyllis Munday 188
- Asayo Murakami 191
- Emily Murphy 193
- Nahnebahwequay 196
- Margaret Newton 198
- Mary Parlby 200
- Mona Parsons 203
- Mary Pickford 205
- Georgina Pope 209
- Isabella Preston 211
- Susanna Carson Rijnhart 213
- Léa Roback 215
- Fanny Rosenfeld 217
- Gabrielle Roy 219
- Idola Saint-Jean 221
- Laura Goodman Salverson 223
- Margaret Marshall Saunders 225
- Laura Secord 227
- Shaaw Tlaa (Kate Carmack) 230
- Mary Ann Shadd 232
- Shanawdithit 234
- Hide Hyodo Shimizu 238
- Mary Meager Southcott 240
- Georgina Stirling 243
- Emily Stowe 246
- Taqulittuq (Tookoolito) 249
- Kateri Tekakwitha 253
- Thanadelthur 255
- Gudridur Thorbjarnardottir 258
- Mary Travers 261
- Jenny Trout 263
- Harriet Tubman 267
- Madeleine de Verchères 270
- Eileen Vollick 272
- Portia White 274
- Alice Wilson 277
- Marie-Marguerite d’Youville 279
- Selected Bibliography 281
- Notes 291
- Acknowledgments 315
- Illustrations 317