Women in Canada - History
Which year did some Canadian women get the right to vote for the first time? A) 1901 B) 1899 C) 1918 D) 1955
1918
theory of radioactivity - got 2 Nobel prizes - major discoveries made before she turned 40
Zhong Huijuan, former chemistry teacher, now has a 7 billion business in A) Arms trade 2) Phone manufacturing 3) Pharmaceuticals
Pharma, incl drugs to treat Hepatitis B and certain cancers. Asia's wealthiest self made woman
Which year did ALL Canadian women get a right to vote? A) 1980 B) 1982 C) 1972 D) 1960
1960
Mary Shadd Cary was the first Canadian A) Female astronaut 2) Royal gardener C) Female newspaper publisher
Female newspaper publisher - 1850s in Toronto - also first black woman in Law School (Howard Univ in USA)
Denise Coates is a British billionaire self made woman, who started a business in 2000 focusing on A) Luxury underwear B) Online gambling C) Cruise boats
Online gambling - Bet365. Net worth: 9 billion
Which year did Canadian women acquire the status of legal persons? A) 1919 B) 1905 C) 1929 D) 1950
1929
"Group of Five"
Grace Hopper co-designed the world's first A) Amusement Park B) Daycare C) Computer
Computer, called Mark I, a five-tonne, room-sized machine at Harvard Univ. Also coined the terms “bug” and “debugging”
Tatyana Bakalchuk started a Russian e-commerce business "Wildberries" while on mat leave in 2004. Now it's worth A) 1.5 billion B) 7 billion C) 12 billion
7 billion. Her ideas came after realizing how hard it was to shop for clothes for herself while caring for a newborn. The company receives over 10 million orders a day, and processed 1.5 billion orders in 2022
In which year did Canada get the first female Superior Court judge? A) 1960 B) 1975 C) 1999 D) 1969
1969 - Réjane Colas
In which year did Canada get the first female CEO of a TSX-traded company? A) 1968 B) 1975 C) 1989 D) 1990
1989 - Sheelagh Whittaker at Cancom (Shaw Communications)