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Frances Cluett
(1883-1969)Frances “Fanny” Cluett was born on June 25, 1883, in Belleoram, Fortune Bay, Newfoundland, to...
Violet Cherrington
(1886-1956)Violet Cherrington was born in England in 1886, where she began her career as a...
Marguerite de la Rocque
(1515-1560s)Marguerite de la Rocque was born in France sometime in the early 1500s, into a...
Ethel Gertrude Dickinson
(1880 – 1918)Ethel Gertrude Dickinson was born in St. John’s on July 6, 1880, the eldest of...
Hazel R. Newhook
(1914–2016)Hazel Rose Newhook was born in Grand Falls, Newfoundland, on December 24, 1914. Throughout her...
Louise Belbin
(1897–1999)Louise Belbin spent a lifetime proving that extraordinary art can grow from ordinary life. One...
Edith Weeks M.D.
(1882-1964)First Newfoundland-born woman to earn a medical degree and first practising Canadian woman doctor.
Mary Southcott
(1862-1943)Founder of Newfoundland’s first nursing school and leader in the professionalization of nursing
Sarah Leo
(b. Unknown)First woman elected President of Nunatsiavut, and Labrador's first Indigenous woman Honorary Colonel.
Eleanor Power
(d. 1754)Eleanor Power occupies a tragic and complex place in Newfoundland and Labrador’s history. Though little...
Elizabeth Penashue
(1944-present)Tshaukuesh “Elizabeth” Penashue was born on May 15, 1944, near Meshikamau Lake in Nitassinan, the...
Josephina Kalleo
(1920-1993)Josephina Kalleo was born in 1920 in Nain, Labrador, on the north coast of what...
Mary Pratt
(1935-2018)Mary Frances Pratt was born on March 15, 1935, in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Though born...
Hazel McIsaac
(1933-2012)Hazel McIsaac was born Hazel Gillam on April 17, 1933, in Robinsons, a small community...
Lynn Verge
(1951-present)Lynn Verge was born in 1951 in Newfoundland and Labrador. Trained as a lawyer, she...
Mary Ellen “Ella” Morris
(1857-1936)Mary Ellen “Ella” Morris was born in 1857, the daughter of Eliza Meehan and Patrick...
Dr. Lloydetta Quaicoe
(1929-present)Dr. Lloydetta Quaicoe is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Sharing Our Cultures, a...
Stella Burry
(1897-1991)Stella’s Circle named after Dr. Stella Burry
Phebe “Florence” Miller
(1889-1979)Phebe Florence Miller, known as Florence Miller, was born in Topsail, Conception Bay, on July...
Lydia Campbell
(1818–1905)Lydia Campbell, often remembered as “Aunt Lydia,” was the first person from Nunatsiavut to be...
Jean Crane
(1929-2025)Inuit Artist, Educator, and Advocate
Mollie Priscova Dingle
(1892-1987)Mollie Priscova Dingle, MBE, was born in St. John’s, Newfoundland, in 1892. Educated at Presbyterian...
Minnie White
(1922–2002)Newfoundland’s First Lady of the Accordion
Mikak
(~1740–1785)Inuk Diplomat, Cultural Bridge-Builder, Advocate for Inuit-European Relations