Women in Canadian Life and Society, Music, and Literature
To assist in the celebration of Women's History Month in Canada in 1995, the National Library of Canada chose to highlight the achievements of 21 women from Canada's past through a display of books, photographs, readings lists and other materials from our collection.
Included are women who have contributed to Canada's musical heritage as performers, composers or songwriters and to Canada's literary heritage as writers and poets. Also included is a selection of lesser known women from across the country who through their strength, courage and determination have made significant contributions to the development of Canadian life and society. With a few exceptions, these "pioneers" were all born before 1900.
A brief biographical sketch highlights each woman's life and achievements. This is followed by a list of suggested readings or works. Also included are two selective bibliographies, focusing on Canadian Women's History and Canadian Women in Music.
We hope you will be encouraged to learn more about these and other remarkable Canadian women whose stories should not be forgotten.
Contributors to Canadian Life and Society
- Martha Munger Black
Adventurer, Member of Parliament - Victoria Belcourt Callihoo
Métis Historian - Mary Shadd Cary
Editor and Civil Rights Advocate - E. Cora Hind
Agriculturist and Journalist - Marie Lacoste Gérin-Lajoie
Pioneer Quebec Feminist - Emily Jennings Stowe and Augusta Stowe Gullen
Pioneer Women Doctors
- Emma (Lajeunesse) Albani
Opera Singer - Helen Creighton
Folklorist, Folksong Collector - La Bolduc (Mary Travers)
Singer, Songwriter - Kathleen Parlow
Violinist - Barbara Pentland
Composer - Ethel Stark
Conductor
- Félicité Angers (Laure Conan)
- Robertine Barry (Françoise)
- Harriet Vaughan Cheney, Eliza Lanesford Cushing and Eleanor H. Lay
- Rosanna Leprohon
- Agnes Maule Machar
- Isabella Valancy Crawford
- Canadian Women's History: A Selective Bibliography
- Canadian Women in Music: A Selective Bibliography
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(Revised: 1997-07-29).