100 Canadian Heroines: Famous and Forgotten Faces (Canadian Heroines, 1) - Softcover

Forster, Merna

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1550025147 ISBN 13: 9781550025149

Publisher: Dundurn, 2004

Synopsis

This inspiring collection profiles remarkable women ― heroines in science, sport, preaching and teaching, politics, war and peace, arts and entertainment, and more.

In 100 Canadian Heroines you’ll meet remarkable women in science, sport, preaching and teaching, politics, war and peace, arts and entertainment, etc. The book is full of amazing facts and fascinating trivia about intriguing figures. Discover some of the many heroines Canada can be proud of. Find out how we’re remembering them. Or not!

Augmented by great quotes and photos, this inspiring collection profiles remarkable women ― heroines in science, sport, preaching and teaching, politics, war and peace, arts and entertainment, and more. Profiles include mountaineer Phyllis Munday, activist Hide Shimizu, unionist Lea Roback, and movie mogul Mary Pickford.

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Review:

Forster offers a diverse selection (of women) and her research on all of them is impeccable. For an added touch, she ends each mini-bio with a lively quote from her subject ... Forster has done a superb job in making these forgotten women vividly real again. (Books & The Arts, Calgary Herald)

This is a terrific book--the rare reference title that should be read cover to cover. Every aspect inspires, beginning with the foreword by Kim Campbell (Canada's first woman prime minister) and continuing with the author's introduction and the sketches of 100 women who left their mark on Canadian history. This should be part of every women's studies curriculum (P.P. Philbin, CHOICE)

I think I have a new favourite book to promote! I work at Upper Canada Village and each summer I manage to work in references to books that I think some of the visitors might be interested in reading. This coming summer, 2005, school groups are going to hear about 100 Canadian Heroines. (Margot Dixon History Interpreter, Upper Canada Village)

Forster focused on women of the past who lived with great courage and who made their mark on the world... One of the courageous women included in the volume happens to be Annapolis Royal's own Rose Fortune, a black loyalist who became a successful entrepreneur and the town's first female law enforcer. (Carolyn Sloan The Spectator)

Forster's smooth magazine style of writing moistens the dryness of historical writing for non-buffs and stirs a proud passion in the breast of any Canadian female... Every woman and every young girl you know deserves a copy of this book; and Forster deserves all the praise, for she, too, is a heroine for bravely going into dusty archives and rescuing the stories of these women's lives who should be models for all of us. (Bobbie Smith Thursday Night Cafe)

Author Merna Forster is a native of Alberta who has been discovering historical heroines from coast to coast during her travels. (Delights/Book Excerpt Diplomat and International Canada)

The text is laced with stirring descriptions ... Readers of 100 Canadian heroines will find feminism, despair, joy, and plenty of substantial worthies throughout the volume. (Feminist Collections)

... fresh and informative ... This is a book of rich achievements, but more, it is a storytelling book about great characters. (Arts & Culture)

After reading 100 Canadian Heroines, your heart will thunder with pride and courage so that you, too, will become a nation builder by addressing either small but important or massive, magnificent challenges. As Louise McKinney, one of the Famous 5 said, 'Dream big and act honourably! (Frances Wright Founder & Former President & CEO, Famous 5 Foundation)

"Great Canadian women you haven't heard of" Read ten stories from the book 100 Canadian Heroines in an illustrated two-page feature. (Saturday Observer, The Ottawa Citizen)

Synopsis:

100 Canadian Heroines profiles some remarkable women from the adventurous Gudridur the Viking to murdered Mi'kmaq activist Anna Mae Aquash. You'll meet heroines in science, sport, preaching and teaching, politics, war and peace, arts and entertainment, etc. The book is full of amazing facts and fascinating trivia about intriguing figures like mountaineer Phyllis Munday, activist Hide Shimizu, Arctic guide Tookoolito, unionist Lea Roback, sexy movie mogul Mary Pickford and singer Portia White. Great quotes and photos are featured in this inspiring collection. As we celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Persons Case on October 18, 2004, discover some of the many heroines Canada can be proud of. Find out how we're remembering them. Or not!

About this edition

• Publisher: Dundurn
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1550025147
• ISBN 13: 9781550025149
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320