100 Canadian heroines : famous and forgotten faces

Author/Creator:

Forster, Merna, author

Publication/Creation:

Toronto : The Dundurn Group, [2004]

Resource Type:

Book

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

100 Canadian heroines : famous and forgotten faces / by Merna Forster

Series Titles:

Canadian Heroines ; v.1
Canadian Heroines

Variant Titles:

One hundred Canadian heroines

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Heroes--Canada--Biography
Women--Canada--Biography
Women heroes--Canada--Biography
Canada--Biography

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Cover -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Maude Abbott -- Lady Aberdeen -- Emma Albani -- Marie-Joseph Angélique -- Anna Mae Aquash -- Edith Jessie Archibald -- Pitseolak Ashoona -- James Miranda Barry -- Martha Black -- Marguerite Bourgeoys -- Molly Brant -- Harriet Brooks -- Agnes Deans Cameron -- Emily Carr -- Thérèse Casgrain -- Nellie Cashman -- Kit Coleman -- Laure Conan -- Florence Deeks -- Mazo de la Roche -- Carrie Derick -- Marie Dressler -- Margaret Duley -- Henrietta Muir Edwards -- Rose Fortune -- Laure Gaudreault -- Marie Lacoste Gérin-Lajoie -- Helen Grant -- Isobel Gunn -- Marie Guyart (Marie de l'Incarnation) -- Mary Riter Hamilton -- Helen Harrison -- Ann Harvey -- Anne Hébert -- E. Cora Hind -- Adelaide Hunter Hoodless -- Frances Anne Hopkins -- Mina Hubbard -- Françoise-Marie Jacquelin (Marie de la Tour) -- E. Pauline Johnson -- Leonora Howard King -- Flores La Due -- Mrs. Kwong Lee -- Anna Leonowens -- Beatrice Lillie -- Jean Lumb -- Major Margaret C. Macdonald -- Elizabeth Gregory MacGill -- Helen Gregory MacGill -- Viola MacMillan -- Helen MacMurchy -- Agnes Macphail -- Jeanne Mance -- Hannah Maynard -- Nellie McClung -- Louise McKinney -- Violet McNaughton -- Helen McNicoll -- Aimee Semple McPherson -- Maud Menten -- Mikak -- Lucy Maud Montgomery -- Geraldine Moodie -- Phyllis Munday -- Asayo Murakami -- Emily Murphy -- Nahnebahwequay -- Margaret Newton -- Mary Parlby -- Mona Parsons -- Mary Pickford -- Georgina Pope -- Isabella Preston -- Susanna Carson Rijnhart -- Léa Roback -- Fanny Rosenfeld -- Gabrielle Roy -- Idola Saint-Jean -- Laura Goodman Salverson -- Margaret Marshall Saunders -- Laura Secord -- Shaaw Tlaa (Kate Carmack) -- Mary Ann Shadd -- Shanawdithit -- Hide Hyodo Shimizu -- Mary Meager Southcott -- Georgina Stirling -- Emily Stowe -- Taqulittuq (Tookoolito) -- Kateri Tekakwitha.
Thanadelthur -- Gudridur Thorbjarnardottir -- Mary Travers -- Jenny Trout -- Harriet Tubman -- Madeleine de Verchères -- Eileen Vollick -- Portia White -- Alice Wilson -- Marie-Marguerite d'Youville -- Selected Bibliography -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Illustrations.

Summary:

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.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (319 pages) : illustrations

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936948040502486

ISBN:

1-55002-952-5
1-4175-7221-3
9786612814242
1-282-81424-9

OCLC Number:

57491512