Lucy Maud Montgomery’s beloved Avonlea books, featuring Mighty Girl Anne of Green Gables, are just one part of her literary work, which…
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“Never retract, never explain, never apologize — get the thing done and let them howl!” These words sum up the verve and determination…
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Thanks to Emily Murphy, women in Canada were officially declared "persons" under the law in 1929! Murphy became an activist at the age of 40, when…
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Carrie Derick began teaching at the young age of 15 — and rose to become the founder of McGill University's genetics department! Derick was…
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Jennie Trout, motivated by her own experiences living with illness, decided after being married that she wanted to become a doctor — a revolutionary…
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Even in the days of the French colonies, women were there to make their mark. Jeanne Mance, a French nurse and New France settler, was one of the founders…
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