Celebrating Canadian Women

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Across
  1. 2. Influential author of The Handmaid’s Tale
  2. 8. Cree singer-songwriter and activist
  3. 13. First woman mayor of a major Canadian city
  4. 14. Fought for Indigenous women’s rights and status
  5. 17. Afro-Canadian publisher and abolitionist
  6. 18. Acclaimed author of Anne of Green Gables
  7. 19. Feminist activist and founder of the Congress of Black Women
  8. 20. First female Prime Minister of Canada
  9. 22. First Indigenous woman appointed to the federal cabinet
  10. 23. First female Governor General of Canada
  11. 24. Groundbreaking Métis artist known for spiritual themes
Down
  1. 1. First female judge on the Supreme Court of Canada
  2. 3. Refugee and later Governor General of Canada
  3. 4. Played key roles in women’s right to vote
  4. 5. Canada’s second female astronaut and former GG
  5. 6. Canada’s first Black female Member of Parliament
  6. 7. First woman to lead Canada’s Supreme Court
  7. 9. First Canadian woman astronaut
  8. 10. Civil rights icon who challenged segregation in Nova Scotia
  9. 11. First female Governor General of Asian descent
  10. 12. Pioneering engineer and advocate for women in aviation
  11. 15. McClung Trailblazing feminist and “Famous Five” member
  12. 16. Celebrated poet of Mohawk and English heritage
  13. 21. Olympic medalist and mental health advocate