Women's History
This French nurse and settler of New France, opened Hôtel-Dieu in Montreal which was one of the first hospitals in Canada.
Jeanne Marce (1645)
This woman became the first Black newspaperwoman in North America, editing The Provincial Freeman, a Toronto-based newspaper that gave a voice to Black people in Canada.
Mary Ann Shadd Cary (1853)
This band is an English girl group consisting of Mel B; Melanie C; Emma Bunton; Geri Halliwell; and Victoria Beckham. They have sold over 100 million records worldwide, making them the best-selling girl group of all time.
Spice Girls (1994)
In the years after the Civil War, Jo March lives in New York and makes her living as a writer, while her sister Amy studies painting in Paris.
Little Women (2019)
MSIDRABIDES
BRIDESMAIDS
This Canadian heroine walked 32 kilometres to warn Lieutenant James Fitzgibbon of impending danger of attack by the Americans during the War of 1812.
Laura Secord (1812)
This woman was admitted to the bar as Canada’s first woman lawyer.
Clara Brett Martin (1897)
This all American girl group comprised of Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams. They produced the popular song "Say My Name"
Destiny's Child (1990-2006)
Cady Heron unwittingly finds herself in the good graces of an elite group of cool students called "the Plastics," but Cady soon realizes how her shallow group of new friends earned this nickname.
Mean Girls (2004)
CEPIS LGSIR
SPICE GIRLS
Manitoba women were the first in Canada to gain the right to vote in provincial elections. Who led this movement?
Nellie McClung (1916)
This woman became the first woman to receive a Ph.D. from a Canadian university. She earned the degree in psychology at the University of Toronto.
Emma Baker (1903)
TLC is an American girl group formed in 1990 in Atlanta. The group's best-known line-up was composed of Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas
TLC (1990)
Thrust in among mean gals, nice gals and just plain weird gals, Beca finds that the only thing they have in common is how well they sing together
Pitch Perfect (2012)
AURAL DOCRES
LAURA SECORD
5 women who have since become known as the Famous Five launched a legal challenge that would mark a turning point for equality rights in Canada.
The Famous Five (1930)
This woman was appointed the first woman to be the Governor General of Canada.
Jeanne Sauvé (1983)
This English girl group formed on the eighth series of The X Factor. They are the first group and the only girl group to win the original UK series. The group consisted of Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Jade Thirlwall, Perrie Edwards, and originally Jesy Nelson, before her departure from the group in 2020
Little Mix (2011)
In 1960s Mississippi, Southern society girl Skeeter (Emma Stone) turns her small town on its ear by choosing to interview the Black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent white families.
The Help (2011)
MKI BPMCALEL
KIM CAMPBELL
An Ojibwa woman and member of the Curve Lake First Nation in Ontario, became the first woman elected chief of a First Nation community in Canada.
Elsie Knott (1954)
This woman became the first woman Prime Minister of Canada.
Kim Campbell (1993)
This American all-female rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1978. This band is known as the first only all-female band in history that both wrote their own songs and played their own instruments to top the Billboard album charts
The Go-Go's (1978)
Annie (Kristen Wiig) is a single woman whose own life is a mess, but when she learns that her lifelong best friend, Lillian (Maya Rudolph), is engaged, she has no choice but to serve as the maid of honor.
Bridesmaids (2011)
ETH MUSFOA VIFE
THE FAMOUS FIVE