Strong, gorgeous women!

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October is Women's History Month in Canada.
So before the month runs out...

Elizabeth May
environmentalist, writer, activist, lawyer
and Leader of Canada's Green Party.

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Mary Ann Shadd Cary (1823 – 1893)






A pioneering educator, newspaper publisher, abolitionist and suffragist in both the United States and Canada.
She was one of the first women to graduate as a lawyer in the United States.
and the first black woman to cast a vote in a national election.  [wikip.]

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Mary Pickford (1892 - 1979)
Canadian motion picture pioneer

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Fanny ("Bobbie") Rosenfeld (1903 - 1969)
Canadian athlete






She was born in Russia, immigrated to Canada as an infant.
She was called the "best Canadian female athlete of the half-century" and a star at basketball, hockey, softball, and tennis. [wikip.]

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Elsie MacGill (1905 - 1980)
Canadian aeronautical engineer





She was known as the Queen of the Hurricanes & was the world's first female aircraft designer.



The Maple Leaf II, designed by Elsie MacGill

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Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874 - 1942)
Canadian author





Best known for her Anne of Green Gables series.

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Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician, songwriter, and painter.




Big Yellow Taxi - JM in concert - 1970
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgMEPk6fvpg[/youtube]

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Portia May White (1911- 1968)
Canadian singer and voice teacher



One of the great contralto vocalists in the history of Canadian classical music, Portia made her debut on the national stage in Toronto in 1941.
By 1944 she had made her international debut in New York City and later toured the world. [wikip.]

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Joy Kogawa
Canadian poet and novelist




Best known for her 1981 novel Obasan.

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A few more entries in honour of Canada's Women's History Month..
..and then I'll take a break. 

Emily Carr (1871 - 1945)
Canadian painter & writer




Tree in Autumn, by Emily Carr


Blunden Harbour, by Emily Carr