Product Description

In 100 Canadian Heroines you'll meet remarkable women in science, sport, preaching and teaching, politics, war and peace, arts and entertainment, etc. The book is full of amazing facts and fascinating trivia about intriguing figures. Discover some of the many heroines Canada can be proud of. Find out how we're remembering them. Or not!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #54174 in Books
• Published on: 2004-11-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

Review
"(Emily) Stowe is among those feted in Merna Forster's 100 Canadian Heroines... (Dundurn, 2004) a timely read on the eve of International Women's Day (March 8)" -Homemaker's Magazine, Feb/March 2005

"This a terrific book--the rare reference title that should be read cover to cover. Every aspect inspires, beginning with the foreword by Kim Campbell (Canada's first woman prime minister) and continuing with the author's introduction and the sketches of 100 women who left their mark on Canadian history. This should be part of every women's studies curriculum." P.P. Philbin, CHOICE, June 2005

"Whether used as a reference book or for bedside reading, this is a convenient compendium of information on Canadian women, and a tribute not only to the individuals who made the cut but also to a generation of scholarly research that has restored the lives of these women worthies to the historical record."

Merna Foster's new book, 100 Canadian Heroines, gives a quick and easy introductory education on the subject of Canadian women's history. A book of encyclopedic biographical references, Heroines is fresh and informative even to the seasoned feminist reader...

This is a book of rich achievements, but more, it is a storytelling book about great characters...Cross-dressing doctors, physicists, actors, Mohawk leaders - you name it, our foremothers are all of these - and more."

Penni Mitchell, Herizons, Spring 2006

Desmond Morton, Historian, author, and founding director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada
Merna Forster has given us a hundred important lives to share. This is a book to stir your dreams and your talents.

Laird Rankin, Publisher, The Beaver
Read and enjoy these long-overdue stories. The 100 women chosen for this book are just the tip of a fascinating iceberg.

Customer Reviews

Canada's Other Pioneers
On behalf of Canada's foremothers and future daughters ... thank you! It's about time that someone researched and documented the history of Canadian women. Merna Forster weaves together a beautiful tapestry of courageous, fiesty and determined women who paved the way for all of us. Three pages per heroine ... just enough to give you a taste of her life, and wanting more. When I have children someday, I will read these profiles to them ... so they will learn about Canada's "other" pioneers ... Canada's heroines.