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Dec 6, 2022 · On this day in 1989, Marc Lepine, 25, went on a shooting rampage at the University of Montreal, killing 14 women and wounding nine others. He then shot himself. On this date, Dec. 6, in history ...
- Anna Mae Aquash, February 1976: Aquash was a Native American activist who participated in the 1972 Trail of Broken Treaties March on Washington, D.C., meant to bring attention to Native American issues.
- Indira Gandhi, Oct. 31, 1984: The fifth prime minster of India, first female prime minister and second-ever female head of government of the modern era (Sirimavo Bandaranike of Sri Lanka beat her to that punch by six years), Gandhi served as the head of the Indian government for four terms, from 1966 to 1977 and from 1980 to 1984.
- Meena Keshwar Kamal, Feb. 4, 1987: Commonly known as Meena, Kamal was an Afghan feminist and women's rights activist and is considered the founder of the women's rights movement in Afghanistan.
- Diana Turbay, Jan. 25, 1991: A Colombian journalist and the daughter of President Julio César Turbay, she founded the erstwhile newscast Noticiero Criptón, which folded in 2000, and the news magazine Hoy por Hoy (Today for Today).
- Monica Proietti, aka "Machine Gun Molly" A Montreal native, Monica Proeitti was arguably fated towards a life of crime. Proeitti's grandmother did some hard time for stealing, and allegedly ran a "crime school" for kids in the neighborhood, and both of her husbands were linked to the underworld, one being Anthony Smith, a Scottish gangster who was deported in 1962, and the other Viateur Tessier, who was jailed in 1966 for armed robbery.
- Angele Grenier, "The Maple Syrup Rebel" There's an underbelly to the maple syrup industry of Quebec, and right in the thick of it is Angele Grenier, a self-acclaimed smuggler and dealer of Canada's sweetest export.
- The Heavy Heart Bandit. It takes some serious gumption to rob a bank, and even more when you're doing it solely with your words and no weapon in sight. That's pretty much what the Toronto bank robber known solely as the "heavy heart bandit" accomplished, twice in one day.
- Wendy Kiu-Sang Leung Yu, "The GTA Cocaine Kingpin" Be honest, probably wouldn't think of any old woman to be able to run an expansive cocaine ring or the like.
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Jun 7, 2019 · The federal government began the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in late 2015, and appointed five commissioners the following August. For three years, the inquiry studied systemic violence against Indigenous women and girls, delivering its final report and recommendations Monday.
- Marie Lacoste Gérin-Lajoie
- Margaret Laurence
- Agnes Macphail
- Julia Verlyn Lamarsh
- Nellie Mcclung
- Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Angelina Napolitano
- Nahnebahwequay, Catherine Sutton
- Madeleine Parent
- Gabrielle Roy
Feminist, social reformer, lecturer, educator, and author. Marie Lacoste was from an early age acutely aware of the inequities faced by women. She was brilliant but had to educate herself through her father’s library because Quebec’s francophone universities were closed to women. In 1908 she helped to establish a girls’ school that would allow youn...
One of the giants of Canadian literature. Born in Neepawa, Manitoba, Margaret Laurence graduated from United College (now the University of Winnipeg) and lived in Africa with her husband for a time. Her early novels were about her experience in Africa but the novel that made her famous — The Stone Angel— was set in a small Manitoba town very much l...
First woman elected to the House of Commons. Agnes Macphail was born in rural Ontario. While working as a young schoolteacher she became involved with progressive political movements, including the United Farm Women of Ontario. She also began writing a newspaper column. She was elected to the Commons as a member of the Progressive Party of Canada i...
Author, lawyer, broadcaster, novelist, and Canadian politician. In 1963, Julia “Judy” LaMarsh became the second female cabinet minister in the House of Commons. She sat in Prime Minister Lester Pearson’s Cabinet as the minister of national health and welfare and minster of amateur sport from 1963 to 1965. During this time the Canada Pension Plan wa...
Novelist, reformer, journalist, and suffragist. Nellie McClung was a leader in the fight to enfranchise North American women. Her efforts led to Manitoba becoming the first province to grant women the right to vote in 1916, followed by Alberta and Saskatchewan. After a move from Manitoba to Alberta, she was elected to the Alberta Assembly as a Libe...
An author with an enduring legacy. Lucy Maud Montgomery is most famous for being the creator of “Anne,” the redheaded orphan from Anne of Green Gables. Published in 1908, the book made Prince Edward Island famous around the world. Montgomery had a consummate literary career, publishing twenty novels, more than 530 short stories, 500 poems, and thir...
Brought domestic abuse to national awareness. Little is known of Angelina Napolitano’s tragic life, outside of the fact that she was an Italian immigrant who in 1911 killed her abusive husband with an axe as he slept, was convicted of murder, and was sentenced to hang. Since abuse could not be used as a defence, the case ignited enormous debate and...
Christian missionary and spokesperson for Ojibwa people. Nahnebahwequay, also known as Catherine Sutton, took issue with the Indian Department in 1857, which prevented First Nations people from purchasing their own ceded land. She travelled to England to present the case to the colonial secretary and the British Crown. A group of Quakers in New Yor...
Union organizer and social activist. Late in life, Madeleine Parent was recognized her indefatigable activism on behalf of workers, women, and minorities. But in her younger years she was marked as a dangerous woman and a “seditious” traitor. In the 1940s, Parent organized workers in the massive textile factories of Quebec. She was convicted — and ...
A francophone writer who gifted to Canada some of the most memorable novels of the twentieth century. Gabrielle Roy chronicled hardship and hope, family and estrangement, and the difficulties of love. Born in St. Boniface, Manitoba, in 1909, Roy was the youngest of eleven children in a family without material wealth but replete with stories. Despit...
Dec 3, 2012 · In 1989, a gunman killed 14 women students in Montreal. This week, Canadian feminists will remember an event that scarred the country – and strengthened their radicalism. I t was a cold, drizzly ...
Mar 22, 2021 · Story Transcript. Women's advocates are calling for better support to help reduce femicides, after a recent report showed an uptick in the number of women violently killed in Canada last year.
