Activism
Frances Cluett
(1883-1969)Frances “Fanny” Cluett was born on June 25, 1883, in Belleoram, Fortune Bay, Newfoundland, to...
Hazel R. Newhook
(1914–2016)Hazel Rose Newhook was born in Grand Falls, Newfoundland, on December 24, 1914. Throughout her...
Elizabeth Penashue
(1944-present)Tshaukuesh “Elizabeth” Penashue was born on May 15, 1944, near Meshikamau Lake in Nitassinan, the...
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...
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
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...
Mikak
(~1740–1785)Inuk Diplomat, Cultural Bridge-Builder, Advocate for Inuit-European Relations
May Furlong
(1861–1938)May Furlong was a trailblazing businesswoman and tireless advocate for Newfoundland’s veterans, remembered as much...
Mary Dohey
(1933-2017)First living person to be awarded the Cross of Valour
Julia Salter Earle
(1878-1945)Julia Salter Earle was born on September 20, 1878, in St. John’s, Newfoundland. She worked...
Frances “Fannie” McNeil
(1869–1928)Frances “Fannie” McNeil was born on March 14, 1869, in St. John’s, Newfoundland, to George...
Dorothy
(Dotty) Wyatt (1925-2001)St. John's First Female Mayor
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...
Louise Maude Saunders
(1897-1969)First female lawyer in Newfoundland