Women in Canada

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Across
  1. 9. founder of Canada’s first hospital
  2. 13. first woman to serve as premier of a territory
  3. 15. first woman appointed as a judge to a superior court
  4. 18. first woman to receive a Ph.D. from a Canadian university
  5. 19. Famous Canadian painter and writer known for her depictions of Indigenous culture and landscapes.
  6. 21. first Canadian woman to represent Canada in an Olympic Games
  7. 24. pioneer of women's university education
  8. 25. Civil rights activist who challenged racial segregation in Nova Scotia.
Down
  1. 1. first Black Canadian woman elected to the House of Commons
  2. 2. first Canadian woman astronaut sent into space
  3. 3. First woman to serve as Prime Minister of Canada.
  4. 4. Canadian heroine of the War of 1812
  5. 5. first woman elected chief of a First Nation community
  6. 6. Pediatrician and co-founder of Sainte-Justine Children’s Hospital.
  7. 7. first Canadian woman to represent Canada in an Olympic Games
  8. 8. first Black woman to serve as Governor General of Canada.
  9. 10. Canada’s first woman lawyer
  10. 11. Indigenous singer-songwriter and activist
  11. 12. The first Black newspaperwoman in North America, she edited The Provincial Freeman
  12. 14. first woman to serve as Governor General of Canada
  13. 16. first-ever Canada’s Pay Equity Commissioner
  14. 17. One of Canada’s first female nuclear physicists.
  15. 20. Last known member of the Beothuk people, whose drawings documented her people's history.
  16. 22. first Canadian woman physician to practice in Canada
  17. 23. first woman elected to the House of Commons