TY  - BOOK
AU  - Merritt,Susan E.
TI  - Her Story: Women from Canada's Past 
SN  - 1551250004
U1  - 305.4 MER 
PY  - 1993///
CY  - St. Catherines, Ont.
PB  - Vanwell
KW  - Women
KW  - Canada
KW  - Biography
KW  - History
KW  - Indians of North America
KW  - Women, Black
KW  - Women immigrants
KW  - Europeans
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - HISTORY / Canada / General
KW  - Large type books
KW  - Authors, Canadian
N1  - 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; 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.


N2  - 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

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