Which Woman Should You Nominate for Canada’s New Banknote?

For International Women’s Day Trudeau has announced that a Canadian woman will grace an upcoming […]

For International Women’s Day Trudeau has announced that a Canadian woman will grace an upcoming bank note- the first woman to be featured other than the Queen. He’s asking for nominations but there are a couple guidelines that must be followed for your nomination to be considered. First, she must be Canadian, by birth or naturalization, who’s made a significant contribution to. Second, she must not be fictional. And lastly, she has to have been dead for at least 25 years. Here are some ideas!

 

Nellie McClung

Nellie McClung is shown in an undated photo. Manitoba's Conservative leader is calling for suffragette Nellie McClung to be the first woman other than the Queen to be on a banknote. THE CANADIAN PRESS/National Archives of Canada/C.Jessop

(Image source: THE CANADIAN PRESS/National Archives of Canada/C.Jessop)

Political/Aocial Activist and author Nellie McClung was one of the strongest voices in the suffragette movement, led to women being recognized as “persons” and therefore eligible to vote.

 

Agnes McPhail

Agnes MacPhail, Canada's first woman Member of Parliament in 1921, is shown in this undated photo. Women first won the right to run for the House of Commons in 1920 and the next year, Agnes McPhail became the first female MP. THE CANADIAN PRESS/files

(Image source: THE CANADIAN PRESS/files)

Women first won the right to run for the House of Commons in 1920 and the next year, Agnes MacPhail became Canada’s first woman Member of Parliament.

 

Viola Desmond 

(Image Source: Nova Scotia Museum)

(Image Source: Nova Scotia Museum)

Known as Canada’s Rosa Parks, while lesser known Viola Desmond actually pre-dates Rosa Parks. She was fined and jailed for sitting in a “Whites Only” section of a movie theatre in New Glasgow, N.S. in 1946.

 

Emily Carr

This is an undated file photo of Canadian artist Emily Carr. One of Canada's most eccentric and well-known artists is being honoured with a bronze statue in a prime Victoria location near the B.C. legislature buildings. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO

(Image Source: THE CANADIAN PRESS)

If you don’t recognizer her name, you will surely recognize her paintings! In a time when even art was considered a “Man’s Job,” Emily Carr continued to paint despite widespread criticism. Her work is highly influenced by native art, and depicts many totem poles and towering trees from the BC coastline. In fact, she was one of the few Caucasians– let alone women– that were granted access into the First Nations world, as they allowed her to travel with them in order to paint. Check out her biography to learn about her fascinating life story!

 

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