Marie-Anne Laporte
Candian labour activist
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Katherine Angelina Hughes
1900s Canadian teacher, journalist, public servant, author, and Irish political activist
Laura Elizabeth McCully
1900s Canadian feminist, poet, journalist, and independent woman
Anna Yonker
1900s Ukrainian-Canadian community activist
Elizabeth McKenzie Hatton
In her work with Aboriginal girls and for Aboriginal human rights, she showed a leadership beyond that suggested by the evangelical tradition she came from.
Mabel Hubbard Bell
American venture capitalist and social reformer
Letitia Munson
1800s Canadian herbalist, fortune-teller and midwife
Anna Leonowens
Author, educator, and feminist, inspiration for the musical The King and I
Marie Lacoste Gérin-Lajoie
Canadian feminist, social reformer, lecturer, educator and author
Robertine Barry
Canadian journalist, writer, lecturer, feminist, and office holder