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- 2. She was influenced by landscapes and First Nations culture, which are major themes in many of her works of art
- 6. She was the first woman to sit on the bench in the Supreme Court of Canada
- 9. She is the first Canadian female astronaut and neurologist to go to space
- 11. She was the first Black woman to be elected to the Parliament of Canada
- 12. She was considered Canada’s biggest War Heroine, and was critical to the success of the British at Beaver Dams
- 13. She was a student in Attawapiskat when the government shut down the school due to oil contamination
- 14. She was mentored by Jack L. Shabolt, and had been famous for her paintings of the Canadian women soldiers overseas
- 15. She is known for her songs which are representative of Inuit Canadians, and she advocated to improve the issue with drop out rates amongst Aboriginal children across Canada
- 19. She took her family on a two hundred kilometer journey to Cape Dorset
- 22. She was a typist at a dental office before becoming a pilot in the Canadian Forces
- 23. She was famous for her writing, yet suffered depression throughout her life, which may have played a role in her death
- 24. She was the first woman in Canada to be elected to the House of Commons, and one of the first to be elected to the Ontario Legislative Assembly
- 25. She travelled Europe to write fiction in 1949, and later became editor for Chatelaine, whereby she published articles on divorce laws, female equality, battered babies, and equality for women in Canada.
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- 1. She was a leader in the Women’s Suffragist Movement, and had joined the Political Equality League to help support men and women across Canada
- 3. She was involved in preaching the Gospel and was a universal figure known for her sermons and dedication to spreading the message of God
- 4. She was determined to become the best female soccer player in Canada as early as the age of six
- 5. She was known for writing over forty volumes of poetry, children’s literature, fiction, and non-fiction, one of her most famous novels is The Blind Assassin, for which she won the Booker Prize in 2000
- 7. She was believed to have died of Leukemia due to exposure to radioactive substances when studying radium
- 8. She was a Chief Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribune aimed at achieving justice following the conflict in Rwanda and Kosovo
- 10. She was an impressive athlete, who was one of the few women that had participated in the handicap games
- 16. She belonged to the First Wave of Feminism, and was almost successful in getting women the right to vote in Nova Scotia in 1893
- 17. She went to the New York Medical College after being denied entry into Medical Schools in Canada because of her gender
- 18. She sought to eliminated barriers for minority groups and sought for greater equality for women and Blacks in Canada
- 20. She was the first woman appointed to the Chair of Standing Senate Committee in 1930
- 21. She was the first and only female Prime Minister in Canada, female Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, and the first Minister of National Defence