Mary Pratt

Mary Pratt is a famous Canadian painter, born on March 15, 1935. She specializes in still life realistic paintings. She has inspired many young artists. Some of her famous artworks include Silver Fish on Crimson Foil and Peaches in a Plastic Pot.

Carrie Derick

Carrie Derick was the first Canadian woman university professor. She was also a botanist and geneticist. She researched in many universities such as the Marine Biological Laboratory, Harvard University of Bonn and Royal Academy of science. She struggled greatly to achieve her goal of becoming the first female professor at McGill University, and through her hard work and determination she achieved her goal!

Irene Parlby

Irene Parlby was a famous Canadian Politician, predominantly engaged in women's rights. She was born in the UK but later moved to Canada in 1896. Her and 4 other women's rights activists had fought for equality and were later known as the legendary ‘famous 5’.

Harold Innis

Born on November 5th 1894, Harold Adams Innis was a famous Canadian political economist at the University of Toronto. Harold Innis was also an author to many books regarding Canadian economic history, media, and communication theory.

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Lucy Maud Montgomery was a famous Canadian Author, She was born on 1874 in P.E.I and is best known for her popular series Anne Of Green Gables. Although these books were her bestselling hit, she had many books, poems, and short stories before and after that sold to a wide audience. She was an outstanding businesswoman, and remarked for being a woman writer in the late 19th and early 20th century. Born on the Six Nations Reserve in the mid-19th century in what is now known as Ontario, Johnson was one of the most prominent North American entertainers of her time as a gifted poet and artist. Her Mohawk name, Tekahionwake (meaning “double wampum”) represented her father’s Mohawk and mother’s English roots.

Elizabeth MacGill

MacGill was the first practicing female engineer in Canada and the world’s first female aircraft designer. Born in 1905 and remembered as the “Queen of the Hurricanes,” MacGill was in charge of Canada’s production of Hawker Hurricane fighter planes during the Second World War. She was president of the Canadian Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs and co-authored the report of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada.

Kim Campbell

Avril Phaedra Douglas also known as Kim Campbell is a Canadian politician, diplomat, lawyer, writer and served as the 19th Prime Minister of Canada. She attended the University of British Columbia in which she earned a BA in Political Science in the year 1969. She lead Canada as the first woman Prime Minister for 132 days before her Conservative Party was beat on October 25, 1993 federal election. She is an inspiration to many woman for she was the first woman Prime Minister!