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May Furlong
(1861–1938)May Furlong was a trailblazing businesswoman and tireless advocate for Newfoundland’s veterans, remembered as much...
Mary Travers
(1783-1854)Landlady of the First House of Assembly
Mary Dohey
(1933-2017)First living person to be awarded the Cross of Valour
Margaret Alexandra
(Rendell) Shea (1863-1949)First professionally trained nurse in Newfoundland
Lady Eileen Walwyn
(1883-1973)Lady Eileen Mary Walwyn, DBE, was a prominent figure in Newfoundland during the 1930s and...
Lady Helena Squires
(1879-1959)First Woman to hold a seat in Government in NL
Julia Salter Earle
(1878-1945)Julia Salter Earle was born on September 20, 1878, in St. John’s, Newfoundland. She worked...
Grace Margaret Sparkes
(1908–2003)Grace Margaret Sparkes lived a life defined by resilience, service, and determination. Born in Grand...
Frances “Fannie” McNeil
(1869–1928)Frances “Fannie” McNeil was born on March 14, 1869, in St. John’s, Newfoundland, to George...
Edith Mary Manuel
(1902-1984)Edith Manuel was born in Twillingate in 1902, the eldest of eight children. She entered...
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,...
Dora Russell
(1912-1986)Dora Oake Russell was a pioneering writer, journalist, and educator whose career reflected both creativity...
Catherine Snow
(1793-1834)Catherine Snow was born in Harbour Grace, Conception Bay, in 1793. As a young woman,...
Cassie Eileen Brown
(1919-1986)Cassie Eileen Brown was one of Newfoundland and Labrador’s most accomplished writers, journalists, and editors,...
Carolyn Frances Hayward
(1934-2025)Newfoundland’s first female bullfighter
Anna Templeton
(1916-1995)Anna Templeton was born in St. John’s in 1916, the second eldest in the family...
Ann Harvey
(1811–1860s)Heroine of Isle aux Morts
Agnes Marion Ayre
(1890-1940)Agnes Marion Ayre was born in 1890 in St. John’s, the third child of Mary...
Armine Nutting Gosling
(1861–1942)Armine Nutting Gosling was one of Newfoundland’s most determined voices for women’s rights, a leader...
Vera Perlin
(1902-1974)Disability Advocate
Joan Morrissey
(1933–1978)Newfoundland’s First Lady of Song
Margaret Iris Duley
(1894-1968)Newfoundland’s First Novelist
Georgina Stirling
(1867-1935)Newfoundland’s First Internationally Acclaimed Opera Singer