Celebrating Canadian Women

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