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Nellie Letitia McClung (née Mooney)
Nellie McClung (1873–1951) was a Canadian suffragist, reformer, legislator, and author, best known for her role in advancing women’s rights and for her involvement in the landmark Persons Case. Raised on a Manitoba homestead, she began formal schooling at age 10 and became a teacher at 16. After marrying Robert McClung, she became active in the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union and began her writing career. Her first novel, Sowing Seeds in Danny (1908), became a national bestseller and established her as a prominent literary voice. McClung became a leading figure in the women’s rights movement after moving to Winnipeg in...
Martha Louise Munger Black
We received this suggestion from Sue McGregor-Hunter. Thanks for sharing, Sue! I have a suggestion for another person for your site. Her name was Martha Louise Black. She was the second woman elected to the Parliament. However that is just one part of her fascinating story: She was a Chicago socialite who was abandoned by her husband. She heard about the Klondike Gold Rush and travelled with her brother to San Francisco where they boarded a ship to Skagway Alaska. She climbed the Chilcoot Trail (to be allowed to go to the Kondike goldfields, all travellors had to "carry" one...
Sir Sandford Fleming
Sir Sandford Fleming was an engineer and inventor, known for proposing worldwide standard time zones, Canada's postage stamp, surveying and map making, engineering much of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and being a founding member of the Royal Society of Canada and founder of the Royal Canadian Institute.
The Right Honourable R.B. Bennett
aka R.B. Bennett R.B. Bennett served as the 11th Prime Minister of Canada during the worst of the Great Depression years. Following his defeat as prime minister, Bennett moved to England, and was elevated to the House of Lords.";" June 12, 1941, became the first and only former Canadian Prime Minister to be elevated to the British House of Lords, as Viscount Bennett of Mickleham in the County of Surrey and of Calgary and Hopewell in the Dominion of Canada. Richard Bedford Bennett was Canada's 11th Prime Minister.
Raymond Burr
Raymond William Stacy Burr, actor (b at New Westminster, BC 21 May 1917; d at Healdsburg, Ca 13 Sep 1993). Raymond Burr attended Willard Middle School in Berkeley, Ca, as a child and worked in stage and radio for several years, starring in 4 plays at the Pasadena Playhouse, where he taught acting. He also gave seminars in television acting technique at Sonoma State University. He made his first film in 1946, and was typecast as a figure of smooth menace. He arrived in Hollywood in the 1940s after a stint on the New York stage, and made a career...
Joseph-Armand Bombardier
Date of Birth 1907-04-16 Valcourt, QC Date of Death 1964-02-18 Sherbrooke, QC Joseph-Armand Bombardier, engineer, entrepreneur, inventor of the snowmobile and Ski-Doo (born 16 April 1907 in Valcourt, QC; died 18 February 1964 in Sherbrooke, QC). While Bombardier’s many inventions demonstrate his mechanical skills, his ability not only to respond to transportation needs but to create them gave rise to his namesake corporation’s record of shrewd business and innovation.
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Author of the Anne of Green Gables series. During her lifetime, she published 20 novels, over 500 short stories, an autobiography and a book of poetry.
Viola Desmond
Also known as: Viola Irene Davis Viola Irene Desmond was a Canadian civil rights activist and businesswoman of Black Nova Scotian descent. In 1946, she challenged racial segregation at a cinema in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia by refusing to leave a whites-only area of the Roseland Theatre. For this, she was convicted of a minor tax violation for the one-cent tax difference between the seat that she had paid for and the seat that she used, which was more expensive. Desmond's case is one of the most publicized incidents of racial discrimination in Canadian history and helped start the modern...
Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys
Date of Birth1620-04-16 Date of Death1700-01-20 Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys, was the founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal in the colony of New France, now part of Québec. She lived in Fort Ville-Marie (now Montreal) as of 1653, educating young girls, the poor, and indigenous peoples until her death in 1700. She is also significant for developing one of the first uncloistered religious communities in the Catholic Church.
Alexander Graham Bell
Date of Birth 1847-03-03 Place of birth: Edinburgh, Scotland Date of Death1922-08-02Place of death: Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia Also known as Aleck Bell Alexander Graham Bell was an eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone. Bell's father, grandfather, and brother had all been associated with work on elocution and speech, and both his mother and wife were deaf, profoundly influencing Bell's life's work. His research on hearing and speech further led him to experiment with hearing devices which eventually culminated in Bell being awarded the first U.S. patent for the telephone in...