The 10 greatest Canadian female trailblazers

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"The 10 women featured in this book have achieved excellence and recognition in their field through sheer determination, intense and focused preparation, and personal sacrifice. They broke down barriers and achieved social and legal equality for women on the playing field and at work, in areas as diverse as eduction, literature, science, politics, sports, business and enterainment" (publisher).

subjects: Hockey,  Hockey players,  Women hockey players,  Women athletes,  Inuit artists,  Inuit art,  Pictorial Wit and humor,  Cartoonists,  Women cartoonists,  Actresses,  Electrical engineers,  Aeronautical engineers,  Canadian Authors,  Discrimination,  Race discrimination,  Astronauts,  Women astronauts,  Women in astronautics

People: Hayley Wickenheiser (1978-),  Kenojuak (1927-2013),  Lynn Franks Johnston (1947-),  Mary Pickford (1892-1979),  Céline Dion,  Elsie Gregory MacGill (1905-1980),  Margaret Laurence,  Rosemary Brown (1930-2003),  Roberta Bondar (1945-),  Irene Parlby,  Henrietta Muir Edwards,  Louise McKinney,  Nellie McClung,  Emily Murphy