— Therese Casgrain
“The true liberation of women cannot take place without the liberation of men. Basically the women’s liberation movement is not only feminist in inspiration, it is also humanist. Let men and women look at one another honestly and try together to give society a new set of values.”
— Therese Casgrain
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Laura Secord was a Canadian woman that travelled 32 kilometers to warn the British soliders, of the plan and ambush of America. Because of her couragrous act, the British were able to find a another plan to beat the Americans, and gain contorl over Canada.
In 1993 Kim Campbell became Canada's nineteenth prime minister, the first woman in Canadian history to hold the post. She had previously served as Minister of State for Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Justice Minister (again the first female in this position), and Minister of National Defence and Veterans' Affairs. She is one of only two women in the world who has participated in a G-7 Summit. Born in Port Alberni, B.C., Avril Phaedra Douglas Campbell grew up in Vancouver and studied political science at U.B.C. After continuing her education at the London School of Economics, Ms. Campbell earned a law degree and became involved in politics. She won a seat in the federal parliament in 1988 and accepted a Cabinet post the next year. During her years on the Hill Ms. Campbell played a key role in the drafting of an important new law regarding rape and was known as a champion of women's rights. To finish the biography, click here: http://www.heroines.ca/people/campbell.html Canadian musician Liona Boyd is an internationally acclaimed musician frequently referred to as "The First Lady of the Guitar". The talented classical guitarist has attracted fans around the globe with her flawless playing and entrancing performances. Liona Boyd's accomplishments include five gold and three platinum albums, as well as five Juno Awards, The Order of Canada and four honorary degrees. She is one of the world's most widely known classical guitarists.
To finish the rest of biography: http://www.heroines.ca/people/boyd.html Roberta Joan "Joni" Mitchell, CC (née Anderson; November 7, 1943), is a Canadian singer-songwriter and painter. Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in Saskatchewan and Western Canada and then busking in the streets and dives of Toronto. In 1965, she moved to the United States and began touring. Some of her original songs ("Urge for Going", "Chelsea Morning", "Both Sides, Now", "The Circle Game") were covered by folk singers, allowing her to sign with Reprise Records and record her own debut album in 1968.
Settling in Southern California, Mitchell, with popular songs like "Big Yellow Taxi" and "Woodstock", helped define an era and a generation. Her 1971 recording Blue was rated the 30th best album ever made in Rolling Stone's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Mitchell switched labels and began moving toward jazz rhythms by way of lush pop textures on 1974's Court and Spark, her best-selling LP, featuring the radio hits "Help Me" and "Free Man in Paris". Her wide-ranging contralto vocals and distinctive open-tuned guitar and piano compositions grew more harmonically and rhythmically complex as she explored jazz, melding it with influences of rock and roll, R&B, classical music, and non-western beats. In the late 1970s, she began working closely with noted jazz musicians, among them Jaco Pastorius, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, and Charles Mingus; the latter asked her to collaborate on his final recordings. She turned again toward pop, embraced electronic music, and engaged in political protest. To finish the rest of the story, click here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joni_Mitchell Rosemary Brown was elected to the provincial legislature of British Columbia in 1972, becoming the first black woman in Canadian history to be a member of a Canadian parliamentary body. A busy mother of three as well as an active member of the New Democratic Party, she ran for leadership of the federal NDP in 1975 but lost on a fourth ballot to Ed Broadbent. Rosemary served in the B.C. legislature until 1986, when she became a professor in women's studies at Simon Fraser University.
To finish the rest of biography click here: http://www.heroines.ca/people/brown.html Ann Havery is the Canadian superwoman of sail boats. Here's a preview of her Story: Ann Harvey (1811–1845) was a fisher and rescuer born near the small fishing community of Isle aux Morts, Newfoundland, Canada. Harvey, called "Grace Darling of Newfoundland", is known for her bravery at the young age of seventeen for rescuing, along with her father, younger brother and a dog, 163 shipwrecked souls from the brig Despatch between 12–15 July 1828. The Rescue Ann and her father were fishing as usual one early July morning when she sighted a keg and a straw bed floating in the turbulent seas. They immediately realized a ship had been wrecked nearby. They fetched twelve-year-old Tom, George's oldest son, and their Newfoundland dog, Hairy Man, and launched their punt. On a beach nearby they found six men who had survived the wreck and set out to find more survivors. They found a large group on a tiny island that would be thereafter known as Wreck Rock. This rock, three miles from shore, was barely large enough to hold the remaining survivors of the thirty or more who had died from exhaustion or washed away and drowned. They had gotten to this small rock by means of a mast they had cut away from the sinking vessel. George could get no closer than 100 feet of them due to the heavy seas. He threw a billet of wood to which the survivors attached a rope and George got his dog to swim for it. Each person was taken off the rock in this fashion. Five more people died on the rock and ten more expired on land after their dramatic rescue. The waves remained merciless the entire time; two babies were swept from their mothers' arms. But from Sunday morning to Tuesday morning, more than 180 people were saved. To finish the story: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Harvey |
AuthorMy name is Mana, but I go by the nickname of Lady Muna or Chilli. I'm a full on feminist, and I believe in the social, political, economic, equality between the sexes ArchivesCategories |