Inventors
-Invented the first useful telephone
-One of the founding members of the National Geographic Society
What is Alexander Graham Bell
-Feminist, author, social activist
-Fought for women’s right and the right to vote
What is Nellie McClung
-Minister of the Interior under Sir Wilfred Laurier -Encouraged massive amounts of people to settle in Canada
What is Clifford Sifton
-Author of the Anne of Green Gables book series
What is Lucy Maud Montgomery
-Canadian aviation pioneer, had many firsts in Canadian aviation history
What is John A.D. McCurdy
-Canadian artist
-Her paintings are very well known
What is Emily Carr
-7th Prime Minister of Canada from 1896-1911
-He was the first Francophone Prime Minister -Worked hard to unify Canada
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
-Canadian author and performer
-Wrote poems and performances about her life
-Born to First Nations father and English mother
What is Pauline Johnson
-Founded the Hydro Electric Power Commission of Ontario
Adam Beck
-1st female doctor to practice medicine in Canada
-Fought for women’s rights and the right to vote
What is Dr. Emily Howard Stowe
-Leader in the social reform movement
-Started the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation political party which later became the New Democratic Party (NDP)
What is J.S. Woodsworth
-Radio signal pioneer
-Sent a long distance radio signal from England to Newfoundland
Guglielmo Marconi
Lord A -7th Governor General of Canada
Lady A –social activist who fought for women’s rights, recognized how lonely it was to settle on the prairies and sent care packages to the women settling Western Canada
Lord and Lady Aberdeen
-1st woman in Canada to legally become a medical doctor
What is Dr. Jennie Kidd Trout
-First female magistrate in Canada and the British Empire
-Fought for women’s rights
What is Emily Murphy
-8th Prime Minister of Canada 1911-1920
-Led Canada into World War 1 and enacted the War Measures Act
What is Sir Robert Borden