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Chargement... 100 Canadian Heroines: Famous and Forgotten Facespar Merna Forster
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Augmented by great quotes and photos, this inspiring collection profiles remarkable women - heroines in science, sport, preaching and teaching, politics, war and peace, arts and entertainment, and more. Profiles include mountaineer Phyllis Munday, activist Hide Shimizu, unionist Lea Roback, and movie mogul Mary Pickford. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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And, yet, I was at the library to pick up a copy of K.I. Press' Types of Canadian Women, Volume II, and I spotted this in the 900's, and it felt appropriate to add to the stack.
(Because, yes, of course, I was not only picking up one book: who does that?)
Merna Forster's 100 Canadian Heroines: Famous and Forgotten Faces is surprisingly browse-able. It reminds me that I should spend more time browsing the books that I believe are written for other readers.
I did recognize several names, including Adelaide Hunter Hoodless, Agnes Macphail, Nellie McClung, Aimee Semple McPherson, Mary Pickford, Laura Secord, Emily Stowe, and Jenny Trout.
Plus the bookish part of me recognized Marie-Joseph Angélique (thanks to Afua Cooper's The Hanging of Angélique (