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1. Roberta Bondar
Art
2. Alice Munro
Social Activism
3. Emily Carr
Space Travel
4. Nellie McClung
Journalism
5. Emily Stowe
Engineering
6. Kim Campbell
Athletics
7. Viola Desmond
Politics
8. Elsie MacGill
Medicine
9. Clara Hughes
Racial Desegregation
10. Lisa LaFlamme
Literature
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1. Roberta Bondar
Answer: Space Travel
In 1992, Roberta Bondar became the first Canadian woman astronaut to fly in space aboard the space shuttle Discovery during a NASA mission. She spent eight days conducting experiments in the Spacelab trying to discover ways for astronauts to endure longer space flights. Bondar is also a scientist and neurologist, and stayed on with NASA for more than ten years as a researcher after her days as an astronaut.
2. Alice Munro
Answer: Literature
Alice Munro is best known as the first Canadian woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, a feat accomplished in 2013. She has been characterized as a master in the creation of novellas that employs simple ordinary writing. Many have dubbed her as "Canada's Chekhov" as her style has affinities with that of the great Russian writer.
She has been writing short stories since the 1950s and graduated from the University of Western Ontario.
3. Emily Carr
Answer: Art
Emily Carr was one the leading and foremost Canadian woman painters during the first part of the twentieth century both in North America and Europe. Early in her career, her interest in the indigenous culture of the aboriginals reflected her work. Later on, she progressed into landscape painting and associated with the Group of Seven, a group of elite modern Canadian painters. Carr was a relatively late bloomer and called by some the "Canadian Grandma Moses".
4. Nellie McClung
Answer: Social Activism
Nellie McClung was a women's rights activist predominantly in Western Canada during the early twentieth century. In 1916, her efforts first granted women the right to vote in the province of Manitoba. She is best known for advocating women's suffrage in government and along with the "Famous Five", a group of other women's activists, successfully won the battle to have women declared as eligible for public office as senators.
5. Emily Stowe
Answer: Medicine
In 1867, Emily Stowe, although not licensed became the first female doctor to open a medical facility in Canada. Inspired by her husband's illness with tuberculosis, she opted to begin a career in medicine and studied at a New York school as enrollment in Canadian institutions were prohibited to women at that time. Subsequently, she fought with the women's suffrage movement and was instrumental in establishing the Ontario Medical College for Women in 1883.
6. Kim Campbell
Answer: Politics
Kim Campbell has the distinction of becoming the first female Prime Minister of Canada. She accomplished this feat in June of 1993, succeeding Brian Mulroney who stepped down mid-term to retire from politics. Campbell managed to defeat Jean Charest at the PC leadership convention.
Her tenure was short-lived as the Conservatives were soundly defeated by the Liberals at the next Federal election in October of the same year.
7. Viola Desmond
Answer: Racial Desegregation
Viola Desmond was a black business owner in Nova Scotia who was instrumental in the establishment of the modern movement against racial segregation and discrimination in Canada. Her motivation was highlighted by her refusal to move from a "Whites-only" section of a Halifax movie theatre in 1946 and her subsequent arrest under the guise of tax evasion.
The incident closely parallels the Rosa Parks occurrence in Alabama almost a decade later.
8. Elsie MacGill
Answer: Engineering
In 1927, Elsie MacGill became the first Canadian woman to receive a degree in electrical engineering. Subsequently, she also earned a degree in aeronautical engineering and was chiefly responsible for the production of the 'Hawker Hurricane', a fighter aircraft used during the Second World War.
After the war she then gained a position as technical advisor for the International Civil Aviation Organization, also a first for a woman.
9. Clara Hughes
Answer: Athletics
Clara Hughes is a Canadian athlete who gained fame while winning Olympic medals at both the Summer and Winter games, and is among only a handful of athletes who have accomplished that feat. Her disciplines included both road cycling and speed skating.
She is also involved with humanitarian efforts and is an advocate of mental health awareness reflecting her own battle with depression. Hughes has been admitted to Canada's Sports Hall of Fame and honored with the Order of Canada.
10. Lisa LaFlamme
Answer: Journalism
Lisa LaFlamme is among Canada's top news broadcasters and is a pioneer and role model for women in journalism. She is in a prominent role as anchor for CTV National News and has assumed the "face" of news in Canada upon the retirement of Lloyd Robertson.
Her career has spanned 30 years and graduated from the University of Ottawa. LaFlamme is also an advocate in journalism for human rights and child welfare.
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