Her Courage Rises : 50 Trailblazing Women of British Columbia and the Yukon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Healey, Haley.

Contributor:

Fraser, Kimiko.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (122 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Victoria : Heritage House, 2022.

Summary:

Finalist, 2023 Sheila A. Egoff Children''s Literature Prize - BC and Yukon Book Prizes A beautifully illustrated collection of inspiring life stories of fifty extraordinary historical women from BC and Yukon. This fascinating, informative, and charming book introduces young readers to a diverse group of women who changed the face of history in unexpected ways and defied the expectations and gender norms of their times. Through charming illustrations and concise biographies, Her Courage Rises features social activists and politicians, artists and writers, scientists and healers, pioneers and prospectors, athletes and entrepreneurs, teachers and cultural tradition keepers. These women represented all ages, walks of life, and backgrounds. Some, like Cougar Annie and shipwreck heroine Minnie Paterson, became legendary in popular culture, long after their deaths. Others, like politician Rosemary Brown, artist Emily Carr, and Olympic sprinter Barbara Howard, achieved fame during their lives. Still others, including photographer and cultural teacher Elizabeth Quocksister, artist and cultural consultant Florence Edenshaw, land claims activist and translator Jane Constance Cook (Ga''axsta''las), and language champion Barbara Touchie, made great strides in preserving and promoting Indigenous rights and cultures. And many, like environmentalist Ruth Masters, water diviner Evelyn Penrose, and Doukhobor pioneer Anna Markova, are less well-known but still made important contributions to their communities and our wider collective history. Her Courage Rises is full of inspirational female role models and insights into the trailblazing women who made history in BC and Yukon. a Howard, achieved fame during their lives. Still others, including photographer and cultural teacher Elizabeth Quocksister, artist and cultural consultant Florence Edenshaw, land claims activist and translator Jane Constance Cook (Ga''axsta''las), and language champion Barbara Touchie, made great strides in preserving and promoting Indigenous rights and cultures. And many, like environmentalist Ruth Masters, water diviner Evelyn Penrose, and Doukhobor pioneer Anna Markova, are less well-known but still made important contributions to their communities and our wider collective history. Her Courage Rises is full of inspirational female role models and insights into the trailblazing women who made history in BC and Yukon. a Howard, achieved fame during their lives. Still others, including photographer and cultural teacher Elizabeth Quocksister, artist and cultural consultant Florence Edenshaw, land claims activist and translator Jane Constance Cook (Ga''axsta''las), and language champion Barbara Touchie, made great strides in preserving and promoting Indigenous rights and cultures. And many, like environmentalist Ruth Masters, water diviner Evelyn Penrose, and Doukhobor pioneer Anna Markova, are less well-known but still made important contributions to their communities and our wider collective history. Her Courage Rises is full of inspirational female role models and insights into the trailblazing women who made history in BC and Yukon. a Howard, achieved fame during their lives. Still others, including photographer and cultural teacher Elizabeth Quocksister, artist and cultural consultant Florence Edenshaw, land claims activist and translator Jane Constance Cook (Ga''axsta''las), and language champion Barbara Touchie, made great strides in preserving and promoting Indigenous rights and cultures. And many, like environmentalist Ruth Masters, water diviner Evelyn Penrose, and Doukhobor pioneer Anna Markova, are less well-known but still made important contributions to their communities and our wider collective history. Her Courage Rises is full of inspirational female role models and insights into the trailblazing women who made history in BC and Yukon. ouchie, made great strides in preserving and promoting Indigenous rights and cultures. And many, like environmentalist Ruth Masters, water diviner Evelyn Penrose, and Doukhobor pioneer Anna Markova, are less well-known but still made important contributions to their communities and our wider collective history. Her Courage Rises is full of inspirational female role models and insights into the trailblazing women who made history in BC and Yukon.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Contents

Introduction

Writers

Edith Josie

E. Pauline Johnson/Tekahionwake

Margaret "Ma" Murray

Alice Freeman (Faith Fenton)

Angela Sidney/Ch'óonehte' Ma Stóow

Capi Blanchet

Photographers and Artists

Elizabeth Quocksister

Hannah Maynard

Hazel Anna Wilson/Jut-ke-Nay

Kate Rockwell

Florence Edenshaw Davidson

Sonia Cornwall

Emily Carr

Jennie Butchart

Entrepreneurs

Belinda Mulrooney

Cougar Annie (Ada Annie Rae-Arthur)

Sophie Morigeau

Miners

Lucille Hunter

Delina Noel

Émilie Tremblay

Nellie Cashman

Adventurers

Lilian Bland

Dorothy Blackmore

Kate Carmack/Shaaw Tláa

Minnie Paterson

Catherine Schubert

Ruth Masters

Phyllis Munday

Doctors and Scientists

Frances Oldham Kelsey

Helen Sawyer Hogg

Victoria Chung

Julia Henshaw

Edith Berkeley

Brave Pioneers and Homesteaders

Emma Stark

Kimiko Murakami

Anna Petrovna Markova

Isabella Mainville Ross

Maria Mahoi

Mary Ann Gyves/ Tuwa'hwiye Tusium Gosselim

Helpers and Healers

Nellie Yip Quong

Barbara Touchie/Sičquuʔuƛ

Ann Elmore Haig-Brown

Alma Russell

Sara Ellen Spencer

Ga'axsta'las/Jane Constance Cook

Evelyn Penrose

Politicians

Martha Black

Rosemary Brown

Athletes

Barbara Howard

Lois Smith

Acknowledgements

Selected Bibliography

Image Credits

About the Authors

Copyright

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-77203-426-6

OCLC:

1348484533