Famous Canadian Women's Historic Timeline - 1940-1949

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1940 AD to 1949 AD
Events listed relate to Canadian women with a few extra items added to give the timeline perspective.

This timeline is not all inclusive.

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Events listed are drawn from various sources including those listed on other areas of http://famouscanadianwomen.com

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LAST UPDATED December 2012

DATES	EVENTS
*1940*	January 1940 - first marriage between a British woman and a Canadian serviceman was celebrated at Farnborough Church in the Aldershot area of England. Some 48,000 such marriages followed over the next six years. These marriages formed part of a most unique immigration movement in Canada. This generation of women, many with infants, mostly British, these war brides are an important part of Canadian history that has gone relatively unnoticed by historians and journalists. As the women approach their senior years, they are just beginning to tell their stories. Source : Canadian War Brides http://canadianwarbrides.com (accessed May 20, 2005) April 25, 1940 - Québec women win the rights to vote and run for office in provincial elections. 1940 - Canadian General Electric's Fred Moffatt invents the electric kettle. Source : Canuck Chicks and Maple Leaf Mamas : women of the Great White North by Ann Douglas Toronto, McArthur and Co., 2002. pg 17. 1940 - The first female clerk is appointed to work for the Toronto Police Force. Source: Herstory: Milestones in the History of the Toronto Police Service Women Online Accessed June 2011. 1940 - Ethel Stark (1916?- ) founds the Montreal Women's Symphony. Although denied even the most basic financial assistance, the Montreal Women's Symphony continued to perform until the late 1960s. 1940 - Tillie Hosken of Toronto is the first woman to bowl a score of 450 in 5-pin bowling. Source: 5-pin Bowling History http://www.cvnet.net/burnstd/ (accessed May4, 2005.) *1940 -* Artist Emily Carr (1871-1945) publishes Klee Wyck which wins the Governor's General Award in literature. Source: Important moments in Canadian History http;;/www.ouc.bc.ca/flar/timeline ( accessed May 2002) Births 1940: 1940 - Born Rosemary Speirs (1940- ) Journalist 1940 - Born Ann Conner Brimer (1940-1988) educator and promoter of books for children. February 15, 1940 - Born Marilyn Edythe Broughton, educator musician and composer. March 12, 1940 - Born Cathie Anne Oberholtz (!940-2012) anthropologist April 6, 1940 - Born Maria Campbell, author of books and screenplays. September 19, 1940 - Born Sylvia Tyson (1940 - ) folk and country music singer. October 3, 1940 - Born Cynthia Jean Durance (1940-2005) Librarian who worked at the National Library of Canada. Deaths 1940: Died - 1940 Lillian Freiman (1885-1940) In 1934 she became the first Canadian Jew to be awarded the Order of the British Empire. 1940 - Died Agnes Elizabeth Wetherald (1857-1940) Freelance journalist. March 18, 1940 - Died Maud Abbott (1869-1940) internationally acclaimed medical doctor who specialized in the study of heart disease. September 12, 1940 - Died Annie Mackinnon Fitch (1868-1940) noted mathematician.
1941	1941 - Legislation is changed to allow women to enlist in the Canadian army. July 2, 1941- The Canadian Women's Army Corps is formed *Source: The Canadian Encyclopedia. Women in the Military.* Http: www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com July 31, 1941 - The Royal Canadian Navy, Women's Division are formed. Source: The Canadian Encyclopedia. Women in the Military. Http: www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com 1941 - Jessie Gray ( -1978) is the first Canadian woman to become a "fellow" in the Royal College of Surgeons and the first woman member of the Central Surgical Society of North America. 1941 - Mary Margaret "Margery" Booker (1901-1955) becomes the first Canadian woman to be appointed as a School Inspector when appointed in Virden District, Manitoba. ^{Source: Memorable Manitobans Profile by Gordon Goldsborough. Online (Accessed December 2011)} Births 1941: 1941 - Born Sandy Brown (1941- ) Social activist and volunteer she was the first woman to be appointed to the Jewish Federation of Toronto. 1941 - Born Elizabeth "Betty" MacRae (1941- ) Canada's first woman neurosurgeon January 19, 1941 - Born Charlotte Vale-Allen ( 1941- ) prolific author with works sell in some 20 countries. January 25, 1941- Born Sara Barber Medal winning swimmer. February 20, 1941 - Born Buffy Sainte-Marie, folk singer and social activist for Native Peoples. March 9, 1941 - Born Donna Arlene Chow, A research scientist with an interest to recognizing women's work in her field. April 1, 1941- Born Bonnie Sherr Klein (1941- ) Quadriplegic social activist who does not give up. April 14, 1941 - Born Nina Raginsky, photographer. April 29, 1941 - Born Paula Ross, international prima ballerina. May 15, 1941 - Born Vivienne Poy, Senator. May 21, 1941 - Born Lise Boucher, award winning pianist. August 25, 1941 - Born Carol Bolt (1941-2000) Canadian playwright August 29, 1941 - Born Dr. Phyllis Jean McAlpine (1941-1998) Genetic researcher. September 1, 1941 - Born Gwendolyn MacEwen award winning poet. Deaths1941: 1941 - Died Gertrude E. Cutts (1858-1941) well known artist. February 20, 1941 - Died Mary Travers (La Bolduc) (1894-1941) popular vocalist and composer of her era. March 31, 1941 -** Died Marguerete Martha Allan (1895-1942) amateur dramatist.
1942	1942 - The Women's Royal Canadian Navel Service (WRENS) is established. ource: The Canadian Encyclopedia. Women in the Military. Http: www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com 1942 - 45,423 women entered wartime forces in Canada. Source Female roles in World War ll Http://femalerolesinwwll.com (Accessed May 13, 2009) 1942 - On the home front food rationing begins. October 2, 1942 - Marion Orr (1918-1995) is the first Canadian woman to operate a flying club when she is hired as Manager and Chief Flying Instructor by the St Catherines Flying club. Source: Marion Orr. http://www.canadian99s.org (accessed August 16, 2005) *1942 - Emily Carr* (1871-1945) at 71 wins the Governor General's Award in literature for her first book, Klee Wyck. 1942 - Canada's first nutrition guidelines are introduced. They are called CANADA'S OFFICIAL FOOD RULES. In 19944 the name was changed to Canada's Food Rules. They came about with wartime food rations and an economic recession , coupled with a physically active Canadian Lifestyle led to a country of people with relatively poor eating habits. Births 1942: 1942 - Born Ethel Weiss Auster (1942-2005) Librarian Born 1942 Sandra Louise Birdsell, novelist. Born 1942 Sandra Tewksbury (1942-1962) Olympic figure skater. January 6, 1942 - Born Nancy Ruth, Canada's first feminist philanthropist. \|January 28, 1942 - Born Anne-Marie Comeau ONS (2004) founder & artistic director of La Baie en joie dance group & school. February 5, 1942 - Born Gail Fox. Poet and editor February 21, 1942 - Born Lenka J. Husa, veterinarian and educator. March 3, 1942 - Born Menaka Thakkar classical dancer who has received awards in Canada and India. March 6, 1942 - Born Irene F. Whittome , award winning sculptor March 27, 1942 - Born Arlene Billinkoff (1942-2009 long time legislative reporter for Winnipeg Free Press. April 16, 1942 - Born Linda Crabtree ( 1942- ) founder of CMT International April 26, 1942 - Born Sharon Carstairs, member of the Canadian Senate. June 21, 1942 - Born Jeannette Vivian Lavell, a courageous woman who fought to improve the status of aboriginal women. July 1, 1942 - Born Genevieve Bujold, actress. July 27, 1942 - Born Edith Butler, Acadian singer and appointee to the Order of Canada. September 22, 1942 - Born Gail Bowen, author of mysteries and adventure novels for young readers. November 12, 1942 - Born Janet Turner Hospital, author. November 14, 1942 - Born Connie Rooke, (1942-2008) Canadian Academic. Deaths 1942: 1942- Died Rosalind Goforth (1864-1942) author. May 27, 1942 - Died Mary Sollace Saxe (1868-1942) librarian Westmount Public Library, author. and playwright. October 6. 1942 - Died Ella Cora Hind, (1861-1942) first woman journalist in the Canadian west and women's rights activist.
1943	January 3, 1943- Kateri Tekakwitha (1656-1680) is declared venerable ( a stage to being declared a Saint in the Roman Catholic Church) by Pope Pius Xll. She is the first Native American woman and the first North-American lay-woman considered for sainthood by the Roman Catholic Church. 1943 - Monique Leyrac (1928- ) using her natural gifts of music and drama starts her acting career on radio. She is the first great international star from French Canada. Births 1943: 1943- Born Janice Gross Stein (1943- ) educator inducted into the order of Canada 2006. 1943 - Born Anne Lindsay ( 1943- ) Renowned home economist and health eating advocate 1943 - Born Sally Armstrong, acclaimed award winning journalist, author and documentary film maker. January 19, 1943 - Born Allison Ruth Gordon, journalist and author. May 11, 1943 - Born Nancy Green, international champion skier who has been awarded the Order of Canada. June 18, 1943 - Jill Bodkin, business woman and financial leader. October 1, 1943 - Born Angèle Arsenault Acadian fold music writer and performer. November 3, 1943 - Born Paule Gauthier (1943- ) Lawyer and public servant, Officer of the Order of Canada. November 25, 1943 - Born Evelyn Merle Nelson (1943-1987) renowned mathematician. Deaths 1943: February 22, 1943 - Died Virna Sheard (1865-1943) poet and short storey writer. March 11 , 1943- Died Emily Poynton Weaver (1865-1943) Historian and author. June 11, 1943 - Died Annie Crisp Bond (1854-1943) nurse and philanthropist June 22, 1943 - Died Mary Ellen Birties (1858-1943) one of the first three graduates of the nurse training program at the Winnipeg General Hospital, established in 1887, Member of the Order of the British Empire. September 24, 1943 - Died Hattie Walker (1865-1943) social activist. September 25 - Died Augusta Stowe-Gullen Mount Pleasant, Canada West (1957- 1943) the first woman to graduate in medicine from a Canadian university. October 21, 1943 - Died Anne- Marie Gleason (1875-1943) Pioneer journalist known mainly as "Madeleine" November - Died Minna Keen (1861-1943) pioneer photographer.
1944	June 6, 1944 - Allied units, including those from Canada land in Normandy beaches on D-Day. August 1944 - The federal Family Allowance Act is passed. September 1944- a teacher shortage in the Canadian prairies means that more than 500 small schools cannot open. Source: The Timechart of Canadian history by Meredith Macardle (2004) 1944 - Tommy Douglas leads the CCF Party to victory in Saskatchewan provincial elections, they form the first socialist government in North America. 1944 - Portia White (1911-1968) is the first black Canadian woman to appear in the New York Town Hall, where she was touted as the “Canadian Marion Anderson”. 1944 - Rhona Wurtele-Gillis and Rhonda Wurtele-Eaves (1922- ) champion swimmers, were Female Athletes of the year. Source: Who's Who in Canadian Sport, Bob Ferguson Scarborough, Prentice Hall, 1977 pg. 292. 1944 - Prenatal courses are introduced. The Victorian Order of Nurses, the Visiting Homemakers and public health departments across Canada start to offer pregnancy and childbirth preparation classes to mothers-to-be. Source : Canuck Chicks and Maple Leaf Mamas : women of the Great White North by Ann Douglas Toronto, McArthur and Co., 2002. 1944 - The name of Canada's Official Food Rules ( appearing in 1942) are changed to Canada's Food Rules by the Government of Canada. Births 1944: 1944 - Born Ginette Anfousse (1944- ) illustrator and author of the children's series Mon Ami Pichou. January 25 1944 - Born Jolan Ezebet Szathmary. (1844- ) Award winning academic. February 1944 - Born Eva Matsuzaki renowned architect known for her "Green buildings". February 11, 1944 - Born Annette av Paul , prima ballerina. February 17, 1944- Born Marjorie Griffin Cohen, Professor and economist. February 21,1944 - Born Louise Beaulac-Baillargeon educator, Pharmacologist and scientist. April 28, 1944 - Born Elizabeth Ann Pacey (1944- ) an historian who was responsible for several historic sites being preserved in Nova Scotia. May 14, 1944 - Born Catherine McKinnon, singer. May 20,1944 - Born Eleanor Caplan (1944- ) politician May 22, 1944 - Connie Eaves (1944- ) an academic research scientist. May 28, 1944 - Born Rita McNeil, OC ONS award winning country and folk singer who promotes her maritime culture. July 15, 1944 - Born Leilani Marietta Muir (1944 - ) a social activist for those who cannot stand up for themselves. August 14, 1944 - Born Raynell Andrechuk., judge , ambassador and member of Senate of Canada. August 24, 1944 - Born Lillian Eva Dyck (1944- ) One of the first aboriginal women to become an academic research scientist. October 4, 1944- Born Madeline Hombert (1944- ) independent film producer and community volunteer. October 12, 1944 - Born Joan Fraser award winning journalist and editor. October 14, 1944 - Born Nancy Riche (1944-2011) Awarded the 1992 Persons Case and known as a woman of courage. November 23, 1944 - Born Katherine Louise Wall ( 1944- ) community volunteer and inductee of the Order of P.E. I. Deaths 1944: May 6, 1944 - Died Anna Yonker(1890-1944) social activist and leading philanthropist September 27, 1944 - Died Aimee Semple McPherson (1890-1944) founder of the Four Square Gospel Church. September 28, 1944 - Died Louise Bowman (1882-1944) poet.
1945	May 5, 1945 - World War ll European hostilities cease. June 20, 1945 - The first family allowance payments , the baby bonus, payments are sent out. June 26, 1945 - Canada joins the United Nations. The Charter of the United Nations, was the first international agreement to proclaim gender equality as a fundamental human right. Since then, the Organization has helped create a historic legacy of internationally agreed strategies, standards, programmes and goals to advance the status of women worldwide. 1945 - By the end of the war some 45,423 women have enlisted in the armed forces providing support functions for the war effort. Source: The Timechart history of Canada by Meredith Macardle (2004) 1945 - Jean Spears (1921- ) founds the England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and Canada Club for War Brides. In 2006 she is awarded the Order of the British Empire for her efforts on behalf of War Brides. ^{Sources: Canadian War Brides; www.canadianwoarbrides.com : Women in Ottawa: Mentors and milestones ; www.womeninottawa.blogspot.com accessed July 2011.} 1945 - The Toronto Board of Police Commissioners order the salary range of policewomen be the same as that in effect for policemen and that the women be equipped with proper blue uniforms. Source: Herstory: Milestones in the History of the Toronto Police Service Women Online Accessed June 2011. 1945 - Dr Lotta Hitschmanova (1909-1990) *founds the Unitarian Service Committee, Canada's first overseas relief and development agency. Source: USC Canada proposal to the Royal Canadian Mint* (Ottawa, 2005) 1945 - Gwethalyn Graham** (1913- ) publishes her novel, Earth and High Heaven, which is the first Canadian novel to top the American bestseller list. Births 1945: Born Rita Deverell (1945- ) Hall of Fame Broadcaster Born Carole Taylor (1945- ) Hall of fame broadcaster. Born Judy Rebick, journalist and social activist. January 15, 1945 - Born Bonnie Burnard (1945- ) award winning author. February 2, 1945 - Born Pauline Vaillancourt Arvida [Jonquière] Quebec . A soprano who founded Chants Libres. February 7, 1945 - Born Colette Whiten (1945- ) sculptor March 27, 1945 - Born Anna Mae Aquash (1945-1976) Social activist on behalf of Aboriginal North Americans. June 8 , 1945- Born Bronwyn Deborah Anne Drainie (1845- ) broadcast journalist. June 20, 1945 - Born Anne Murray, award winning popular singer. June 22, 1945- Born Marti Maraden (1945- ) stage actress and director. July 6, 1945 - Born Rosemary Forsyth, actress. October 20, 1945 - Born Jo-Ellen Bogart (1945 - ) author. December 4, 1945- Born Roberta Lynn Bondar, Canada's first woman in space. December 8, 1945 - Born Mary Steuart-Mllwaine medal winning and world record holding swimmer. Deaths 1945: 1945 - Died Constance Easton Hamilton (1862-1945) first woman in Canada elected to serve in a large metropolitan area. 1945 - Died Stella Irene Boyd (1891-1945) Entertainer, contalto and vocal teacher in Manitoba. January 17, 1945 - Died Lorrie Alfreda Dunnington-Grubb (1877-1945) pioneer in the profession of landscape architecture. April 1, 1945 - Died Mabel Annesley Johnston (1870-1945) author November 11945 - Died Marie Gerin-Lajoie (1867-1945) champion of women's rights in Quebec.
1946	1946 - The women's sections of all three Canadian armed service branches are disbanded. Source: Women in the Military. The Canadian Encyclopedia Online http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com February 9, 1946 - The 1st official group of Canadian War Brides, women who had married Canadian Servicemen overseas during World War ll arrives. The Mauretania ll lads at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia with 900 servicemen's dependants on board. Source: CanadianWarbrides.com Accessed June 2011. November 8, 1946 - *Viola Desmond* (1914 - ) was arrested in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia when she sat in the downstairs seating instead of the balcony where Blacks were forced to sit in the segregated Roseland Theatre. This event tool place several years before Rosa Parks took her seat on the front of a bus in the United States! More information: Historica: Black history http://blackhistorycanada.ca/timeline.php?id=1900 (Accessed March 2007) 1946 - The Ontario Teachers Federation approves the principle of equal pay for men and women teachers. Source: Canadian Chronology Http://tdi.uregina.ca/~maguirec/chron.html (accessed April 28, 2003) 1946 - Winnie Roach-Leuszler (1926-2004) internationally acclaimed swimmer is the first woman to be hired by the YMCA to set up programmes swimming instruction and coaching. *1946 - Winnie Raoch-Leuszler* (1926-2004) wins the 5 mile World Swimming Championship in Toronto when she is 3 months pregnant 1946 - Freda Farrell Waldon (1898-1973) is the first president of the Canadian Library Association in 1946. *1946 -* Earle Tupperware invents Tupperware. The parties come later. Source : Canuck Chicks and Maple Leaf Mamas : women of the Great White North by Ann Douglas Toronto, McArthur and Co., 2002. p. 16 Births 1946: February 6, 1946 - Born Kate McGarrigle. Singer and recipient of the order of Canada. February 28, 1946 - Born Med Luxton , author and feminist, co-founder of the of the Women's Studies Programme at the University of Toronto. March 25, 1946 - Born Madeleine Dion Stoat (1946 - ) in 2008 she was listed as one of the top 100 nurses in Canada. March 26, 1946 - Born Phyllis Marion Boyd, the first woman and first non lawyer to become Attorney-General in the Province of Ontario April 9, 1946 - Born Bobbie Steen (1946-1995) sport administrator. April 26, 1946 - Born Janis G. Johnson, appointed to the Canadian Senate 1990. April 28, 1946 - Born Ginette Reno ( 1946- ) chanteuse who holds the hearts of her fans across the country May 3, 1946 - Born Karen G. Adams (1946- ) Librarian administrator. July 1, 1946 - Born Rosalie Abella, Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. August 18, 1946 - Born Joan M. Boggs, Senior Scientist Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. September 23, 1946 - Born Anne Wheeler, actress, filmmaker, producer, director and writer. September 29, 1946 - Born Laurie Dennett, author and humanitarian. November 3, 1946 - Born Rosalinda "Linda" Linsangan Natividad-Cantiveros (1946-2008) community activist. Deaths 1946: 1946 - Died Louise Alexander (1880-1946) artist 1946 - Died Dorothy Campbell Hurd Howe (1883-1946) one of the most successful lady golfers of the 20th century. February 10, 1946 - Died Sophia Margaretta Hensley (1866-1946) author, lecturer and social activist who wrote under male pen names. May 31,1946 - Died Nora M. Duncan (1883-1946) a western Canadian poet and radio host. November 17, 1946 - Died Henriette Saint-Jacques (1860-1946) Journalist and author of several books.
1947	January 1, 1947 - The Canada Citizenship act comes into effect creating for the first time "Canadian citizens" instead of British subjects. Prime Minister Mackenzie King is given the first citizenship certificate. 1947 - Leila Wightman (1899-1976) the first Canadian woman to own and run a telephone company, Wightman Communications in Clifford, Ontario ^{Sources: Telecommunications Hall of Fame http://telecomehall.ca (Accessed October 2011)} October 22, 1947 - the Montreal Women's Symphony, an ensemble of 80 women under conductor Ethel Stark (1916?- ) performed at the renowned Carnegie Hall in New York-the first Canadian symphony orchestra to achieve this. November 20, 1947 - Canadian Photo journalist Pat Holden Collins (1924-2011) was one of six photographers allowed to be official photographers for the wedding of then Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip , Duke of Edinborough at Westminster Abby, London England. ^{Sources: Groundbreaking wartime photographer was first woman to shoot Eisenhower by Michael Posner. The Globe and Mail December 9, 2011. ; Chrystia Chudczak, Documentary photographer . Online (Accessed January 2012)} 1947 - Food rationing begun in 1942 as part of the home front war effort is ended. 1947 - General electric invents the automatic electric clothes washer. Source : Canuck Chicks and Maple Leaf Mamas : women of the Great White North by Ann Douglas Toronto, McArthur and Co., 2002. pg 17 1947 - Former British colonies form the British Commonwealth of Nations with Great Britain. Births 1947: 1947 - Born Maude Victoria Barlow, social activist and "voice of dissent". 1947 - Born Ann Blades, illustrator and author of books for children. 1947 - Born Dr. Joyce Nsubuga (1947-2006) social activist for the health and rights of black women in Canada and her native Uganda. January 8, 1947 - Born Eleanor Reed Townsend (1944-1988) champion fiddler January 15, 1947 - Born Victoria Tennant Born London, England, Prima ballerina of the National Ballet of Canada. January 15, 1947 - Born Andrea Martin. Born Portland, Maine, USA . Emmy award winning actress. February 3, 1947 - Born Marlene Philip, Born Moriah, Tobago. Poet and author of novels for young adult readers. February 7, 1947 - Born Frances Elaine Aboud, educator and author. February 10, 1947- Born Louise Arbour, Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. February 11, 1947- Born Abigail Hoffman a former Olympian athlete and champion of athlete's rights. March 10, 1947- Born Kim Campbell, politician and first woman to become Prime Minister of Canada. March 13, 1947 - Born Judith Rose Marcuse, prima ballerina. May 28, 1947- Born Lynn Johnson, award winning cartoonist and comic strip artist. June 27, 1947 - Born Vicki Lynn Bardon, business woman, founder of Shuttles and Seawind. June 19, 1947 - Born Helen Chan, physician at the Hospital for Sick Children and professor at the University of Toronto. July 13, 1947- Born Rosella Marie Bjornson (1947- ) career pioneer in aviation. August 9,1947 - Born Henriette Schellenberg (1947 - ) soprano August 21, 1947 - Born Mary J. May Simon ( 1947- ) ambassador for Canada August 24, 1947 - Born Linda Hutcheon, Author, editor and art critic. August 29, 1947 - Born Viola Wyse (1947-2009) Chief of the Snuneymuxu October 7, 1947 - Born Judy Sams, award winning golfer. November 21, 1947 - Born Marjorie Evalena Bailey (1947- ) Canadian track and field star. Deaths 1947: 1947- Died Helen Armstrong (1875- 1947) feminist, only woman leader in Winnipeg general strike 1947 - Died Louise Duffield Cummings - (1870-1947) renowned mathematician. January 11, 1947 - Died Tanguay (1879-1947) vaudevillian and movie star who in 1912 was the highest paid woman actor in the US. February 15, 1947 - Died Margaret Marshall Saunders (1861-1947) author of the first Canadian book to sell a million copies. March 19, 1947 - Died Prudence Heward (1896-1947) acclaimed figure painter. April 22, 1947 - Died Georgina Binnie_Clark (1871-1947) journalist and farmer. July 9, 1947 - Died Helen Elizabeth Reynolds Ryan (1860-1947) first woman doctor in Northern Ontario. July 14, 1947 - Died Margaret Jane "Nellie Bryant (1864/5?-1947) an early woman photographer , possible the first to use dry places in a camera. ^{Sources: “Mrs. H. H. Bryant dies, aged 82”, Winnipeg Free Press, 16 July 1947, page 7.}
1948	January 1948 - Mary Pickford (1892-1979) holds the premier of her movie Sleep my love in Ottawa Canada. She dines with prime Minister W. L. M. King the evening of the premier. Source: 100 Canadian women : famous and forgotten faces by Merna Forster Toronto, Dundurn Press, 2004 pg 207. February 6, 1948 - *Barbara Ann Scott* (1928- ) wins Canada's first gold medal in ladies' figure skating at the Winter Olympics in St Moritz, Switzerland. 1948 - Vitamin B!@ is discovered. 1948 - Barbara Ann Scott (1928- ) is the first Canadian woman to win the World Figure Skating championships. 1948 - Ruth Bailey and Gwennyth Barton were the first black women to graduate from a Canadian school of nursing. Source: Black History Month http://cyberus.ca/~acdas/bhm1a.html (accessed May 2005) 1948 - Mary Peck (1904-1992) begins her campaign to make people aware of Arthritis. This is the roots of the foundation of the Canadian Arthritis Society. ^{Source: The history of Metropolitan Vancouver Hall of Fame online (Accessed November 2012) :Pioneers every one by E. Blanche Norcross (Burns and MacEachern Ltd, 1979)} Births 1948 : 1948 - Born Jeanette Armstrong, author 1948 - Born Marie-Jeanne Bartleman (1948- ) political wife of James Bartleman, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario 1948 - Born Francoise David (1948 - ) Social activist 1948 - Born Diane Dupuy, (1948- ) founder of the Famous People Players, a black light theatre group of young developmentally youth. 1948 - Born Charlotte Gray (1948- ) award winning author of popular history works. February 29, 1948 - Born Yolande Racine, art history researcher, archivist, curator and educator. March 4, 1948 - Born Joanna Ruth Nichols (1948- ) author of books for children April 6, 1948 - Born Margaret Gibson, award winning author. April 26, 1948 - Born Erika Ritter (1948- ) playwright, writer and broadcaster with the CBC. May 24, 1948 - Born Lorna Crozier, award winning poet. June 4,, 1948 - Born Frieda Wishensky author of books for young readers. August 19, 1948 - Born Susan Jacks, member of the musical duo "The Poppy Family" and telecommunications executive. December 25, 1948 Born Jane Marie Youngberg (1948- ) Champion Badminton Player Deaths 1948: February 1, 1948 - Died Octavia Grace England, first woman valedictorian at McGill University. July 29. 1948 - Died Alice Stuart Massey, author and wife of Governor General Vincent Massey December 2, 1948- Died Rose-Anna Vachon (1870 (?)- 1948) baker and business woman
1949	1949 - Newfoundland joins Confederation. December 12, 1949 - Nancy Hodges is named Speaker of the British Columbia Provincial Legislature, the first woman to hold the post of Speaker in the British Commonwealth. Source: British Columbia Federation of Labour. http://bcfed.com/issues/women/history 1949 - The federal government makes changes to Canada's Food Rules (originally introducec in 1942) to reflece living styles of post war Canadians. The Public is exercising less and eating more, and changes to the rules are necessary. They are the first of many cahnges to be made reflecting lifestyle changes in North America. 1949 - The government requires iodine be added to table salt. It is a known prevention of Goiter. 1949 - Pillsbury's Grand National Recipe and Baking contest is introduced and is the forerunner of tf Pilsbury's biuennial Bake-Off Cooking and Baking Contest. Births 1949: 1949 - Born Zahra Kazeml (1949-2003) murdered photographer and documentalist. 1949 - Born Jeanne Lamon (1949- ) violinist and award winning Director of Tafelmusik. 1949 - Born Terry Litovitz (1949-2005) an accounting teacher who was concerned for her students. March 4, 1949 - Born Carroll Baker, award winning country music singer May 17, 1949 - Born Myra Freeman (1949- ) first woman to be appointed Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. July 11, 1949 - Born Liona Boyd, classical guitarist. July 30, 1949 - Born Alexina Louie, musician and composer August 6, 1949 - Born Mary diMichele, poet and writer. November 14, 1949 - Born Carol Matas ( 1949- ) author Deaths 1949: 1949 - Died Sophie Strub ( -1949) founder of a family pickle business. January 14, 1949- Died Elizabeth Smith-Shortt (1859-1949) pioneer women doctor. March 21949 - Died Alice Amelia Chown (1866-1949) suffragist and author. April 21, 1949 - Died Agnes Dennis (1859-1949) social activist. April 22, 1949 - Died Emilie Tremblay (1872-1949) pioneer of the Yukon and first white woman to climb the Chilkoot trail in 1894. May 18, 1949- Died Margaret Alexandra Shea (1863-1949) first woman to be a professional nurse in Newfoundland. November 22, 1949 - Died Bertha Carr-Harris (1863-1949) author.