Celebrating Canadian Women

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Across
  1. 2. First woman elected chief of a First Nation community
  2. 3. First woman to serve as premier of a territory
  3. 6. First Canadian woman to represent Canada in an Olympic Games
  4. 7. First woman to command a major Canadian warship
  5. 8. First Canadian woman who became a lawyer
  6. 10. First woman to serve as governor general of Canada
  7. 12. First woman earned a Ph.D. from a Canadian university
  8. 13. First woman in the British Empire elected to a provincial legislature
  9. 14. First Black newspaper woman in North America
  10. 16. First woman who fought for women's voting rights in Canada
  11. 17. First woman to serve as premier of a territory
  12. 20. First Canadian woman physician to practice in Canada
  13. 22. First Chinese Canadian woman who become a doctor
  14. 23. First woman who opened the hospital in Canada
  15. 24. First woman in the British Empire elected to a provincial legislature
Down
  1. 1. First woman appointed as a judge to a superior court
  2. 4. First Canada’s pay equity commissioner
  3. 5. Pioneer in women’s education in Quebec
  4. 9. First Canadian woman astronaut sent into space
  5. 11. Walked 32 kilometers during the War of 1812
  6. 15. First woman elected to the House of Commons
  7. 18. First pioneer of women's university education
  8. 19. First Black Canadian woman elected to the House of Commons
  9. 21. First woman Prime Minister of Canada