W. Ross Macdonald School Library

Her Story : Women from Canada's Past /

Merritt, Susan E., author.

Her Story : Women from Canada's Past / Susan E Merritt. - Enlarged by W. Ross Macdonald School. - St. Catherines, Ont., Vanwell, 1993. - 171 pages : comb binding, maps, photographs, illustrations, portraits ; 32 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Marie Jacquelin de la Tour (1602-1645) : Musketeer in Petticoats Thanadelthur (1697-1717) : Woman of Peace Madeleine Jarret Tarieu (1678-1747) - Hero of Verchères Flora Macdonald (1722-1790) : Highland Hero and Loyalist Molly Brant (1736-1796) : Leader and Loyal Ally Laura Ingersoll Secord (1775-1868) : Hero of the War of 1812 Shawnadithit (1800-1829) : Last of the Beothuks Harriet Tubman Davis (1820-1913) : They Called her "Moses" Mary Shadd Cary (1823-1893) : Editor and Activist Dr Emily Jennings Stowe (1831-1903) : First Canadian Woman Doctor Pauline Johnson (1861-1913) : Poet Martha Munger Black (1866-1957) : High Society Sourdough Emily Ferguson Murphy (1868-1933) : First Woman Magistrate in the British Empire Emily Carr (1871-1945) : Author, Artist, and Rebel Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942) : Author Nellie Moonie McClung (1873-1951) : Author and Suffragist

Recounts the stories of sixteen Native women, Black women and European women; each having contributed to the shaping of our country. Their stories tell of sorrow and triumph over adversity; they come from all walks of life, and from each province of the country from the beginning of our written history up to the present.


Juvenile


This work in alternate format is reproduced with the permission of the Canadian Reprography Collection. The books are financed by the Ministry of Education, Ontario and are lent without charge to visually handicapped students.



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Women--Canada--Biography.
Women--History--Canada--Biography.
Indians of North America--Women--Canada--Biography.
Women, Black--Canada--Biography.
Women immigrants--Canada--Biography.
Europeans--Canada--Biography.


BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
HISTORY / Canada / General
Large type books.
Authors, Canadian.

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