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Louise Maude Saunders
(1897-1969)First female lawyer in Newfoundland
Louise Belbin
(1897–1999)Louise Belbin spent a lifetime proving that extraordinary art can grow from ordinary life. One...
Lady Helena Squires
(1879-1959)First Woman to hold a seat in Government in NL
Lady Eileen Walwyn
(1883-1973)Lady Eileen Mary Walwyn, DBE, was a prominent figure in Newfoundland during the 1930s and...
Kristin DeAmorim Stars in a Powerful New Chapter of Tapestry
Julia Salter Earle
(1878-1945)Julia Salter Earle was born on September 20, 1878, in St. John’s, Newfoundland. She worked...
Josephina Kalleo
(1920-1993)Josephina Kalleo was born in 1920 in Nain, Labrador, on the north coast of what...
Joan Morrissey
(1933–1978)Newfoundland’s First Lady of Song
Jean Crane
(1929-2025)Inuit Artist, Educator, and Advocate
Hazel R. Newhook
(1914–2016)Hazel Rose Newhook was born in Grand Falls, Newfoundland, on December 24, 1914. Throughout her...
Hazel McIsaac
(1933-2012)Hazel McIsaac was born Hazel Gillam on April 17, 1933, in Robinsons, a small community...
Grace Margaret Sparkes
(1908–2003)Grace Margaret Sparkes lived a life defined by resilience, service, and determination. Born in Grand...
Georgina Stirling
(1867-1935)Newfoundland’s First Internationally Acclaimed Opera Singer
Frances Cluett
(1883-1969)Frances “Fanny” Cluett was born on June 25, 1883, in Belleoram, Fortune Bay, Newfoundland, to...
Frances “Fannie” McNeil
(1869–1928)Frances “Fannie” McNeil was born on March 14, 1869, in St. John’s, Newfoundland, to George...
Ethel Gertrude Dickinson
(1880 – 1918)Ethel Gertrude Dickinson was born in St. John’s on July 6, 1880, the eldest of...
Elizabeth Penashue
(1944-present)Tshaukuesh “Elizabeth” Penashue was born on May 15, 1944, near Meshikamau Lake in Nitassinan, the...
Elizabeth Mary “Elsie” Holloway
(1882–1971)Pioneering Photographer and Visual Historian of Newfoundland
Eleanor Power
(d. 1754)Eleanor Power occupies a tragic and complex place in Newfoundland and Labrador’s history. Though little...
Edith Weeks M.D.
(1882-1964)First Newfoundland-born woman to earn a medical degree and first practising Canadian woman doctor.
Edith Mary Manuel
(1902-1984)Edith Manuel was born in Twillingate in 1902, the eldest of eight children. She entered...
Dr. Lloydetta Quaicoe
(1929-present)Dr. Lloydetta Quaicoe is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Sharing Our Cultures, a...
Dorothy
(Dotty) Wyatt (1925-2001)St. John's First Female Mayor
Doris Saunders
(1941-2006)Born in Cartwright, Labrador, Doris Jean (Martin) Saunders grew up surrounded by stories of Inuit,...