Memorable Manitobans: Manitoba Women Trailblazers

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This list of noteworthy women was selected in 2021 by the Nellie McClung Foundation in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Manitoba.

Individual Members

Trailblazer	Location
Sister Angelica of Mary (1851-1920)	Winnipeg
Luc d'Antioche [Delphine Beuglet] (1877-?)	Winnipeg
Helen Jury “Ma” Armstrong (1875-1947)	Winnipeg
Gail Asper	Winnipeg
Isabel George Hutcheson Auld (1917-2016)	Winnipeg
Annie McDermot Bannatyne (c1830-1908)	Winnipeg
Margret Jónsdóttir Benedictsson (1866-1956)	Winnipeg
Patricia Bovey	Winnipeg
Leanne Boyd	?
Doreen Stein Brownstone (1922-2022)	Winnipeg
Barbara Bruce	?
Christine Mary “Chris” Burrows (1940-2019)	Winnipeg
Ann Callahan	?
Mae Louise Campbell	?
Sharon Carstairs	Winnipeg
Marianne Cerilli	Winnipeg
Rita Chahal	Winnipeg
Ruth Elaine Christie	Selkirk
Rayleen V. De Luca (1942-2022)	Winnipeg
Wilma Derksen	Winnipeg
Harriet Snetsinger Dick (1867-1957)	Winnipeg
Agathe Dorge (1912-2008)	Winnipeg
Myrna Driedger	Winnipeg
Jessica Dumas	Winnipeg
Sister Leonne Dumesnil SNJM CM	?
Debora Durnin-Richards	Headingley
Mary Sawchak Dyma (1899-1998)	Winnipeg
Lois Darlene Edie (1932-1998)	Dugald
Constance Thomas Eyolfson [Rainbow Woman] (1936-2002)	Winnipeg
Janice Filmon	Winnipeg
Jean Folster (1922-1994)	Norway House
Eira Alice “Babs” Friesen (1917-2008)	Winnipeg
Katherine Loewen Friesen (1918-2015)	Winnipeg
Elaine Froese	?
Raymonde Gagne	?
Helen Preston Glass (1917-2015)	Winnipeg
Margot Goodhand	Winnipeg
Peggy Jarman Green (1921-1990)	Winnipeg
Jarita Greyeyes	?
Sadie Mildred Grimm (1895-1970)	Winnipeg
Elba Haid	?
Martha Jane Richards Hample (1859-1927)	Winnipeg
Edith Hancox (1874-1954)	Winnipeg
Marsha Pearlman Hanen (1936-2019)	Winnipeg
Joan Mary Harland (1914-2016)	Winnipeg
Evelyn Hart	?
Susan Hart-Kulbaba	?
Ella Cora Hind (1861-1942)	Winnipeg
Jean Agnes Hird	Winnipeg
Clara Hughes	Winnipeg
Isabel Ross MacLean Hunt (1894-1990)	Winnipeg
June James	?
Sister Jean Eli, sgm	?
Janis Gundrun Johnson	?
Tina Jones	?
Shirley Kalyniuk	?
Tina Keeper	?
Mary Kelekis (c1925-2019)	Winnipeg
Betsy Kennedy	?
Erna Kimmel (1920-2010)	Winnipeg
Verna J. Kirkness	?
Bonnie Catherine Grant Hunt Korzeniowski (1941-2019)	Winnipeg
Marie Anne Gaboury Lagimodière (1782-1875)	St. Boniface
Jessie Hermione “Jess” Lang (1916-2018)	Winnipeg
Tabitha Langel	?
Olive Elizabeth Bend Little (1917-1987)	Poplar Point
JoAnn Lee MacMorran (1934-2021)	Winnipeg
Geraldine MacNamara (1938-1984)	Winnipeg
Kathy Mallett OM	?
Rachel Massicotte (1953-2006)	Winnipeg
Kanaye Connie Matsuo (1919-2014)	Winnipeg
Sandra McCaig	?
Senator Mary Jane Logan McCallum DMD	?
Nellie Letitia McClung (1873-1951)	?
Edith Mary McDowell (1899-1972)	?
Honourable Pearl McGonigal CM OM	?
Senator Marilou McPhedran CM LLM LLB LLD	?
Catherine “Kate” McPherson	?
Margaret Stovel McWilliams (1875-1952)	?
Susanna June Menzies (1925-2020)	Winnipeg
Tanis Mindell	?
Taylor Morriseau	?
Margaret Chown Morse (1925-2021)	Winnipeg
Catherine Mulaire (1843-1922)	Red River Settlement
Eleanor Mae “Lee” Newton (1952-2014)	Winnipeg
Angelique Nolin (1787-1869)	Red River Settlement
Marguerite Nolin (1780-1878)	Red River Settlement
Sheila North	?
Daphne Odjig (1919-2016)	Winnipeg
Theresa Oswald	?
Doris Mae Oulton	?
Mayor Anna Pazdzierski	?
Elizabeth Fulton “The Bookman” Parker (1856-1944)	Winnipeg
Tracy Patterson	?
Sherry Lynn Ward Peden (1960-2018)	Grandview
Carol Peloquin snjm	?
Dulcie Price	?
Honourable Judge Kimberly Prost LLB	?
Lara Rae	?
Milla Rasmussen (1892-1980)	Winnipeg
Samantha Rayburn-Trubyk	?
Pamela Rebello OM	?
Diane Redsky OM	?
Helena Friesen Reimer (1905-1993)	Winnipeg
Shirley Render	?
Kathleen Creighton Starr “Kate” Rice (1882-1963)	The Pas
Mary Margaret Richard (1940-2010)	Winnipeg
Gertrude Matilda Twilley Richardson (1875-1946)	?
Kathleen Margaret Richardson (1928-2019)	?
Muriel Sprague Richardson (1890-1973)	?
Tannis Richardson CM LLD	Winnipeg
Delphine Rivard (1871-1966)	Ste. Elizabeth
Florence Edith McTavish Rogers (1876-1947)	Winnipeg
Dr. Mirjana Roksandic PhD	?
Dr. Noralou P. Roos OC PhD	?
Anne Glaz Ross (1911-1998)	Winnipeg
Charlotte Whitehead Ross (1843-1916)	?
Diane Roussin	?
Agnès Gosselin Roy	?
Gabrielle Roy (1909-1983)	?
Sophie May “Diamond Queen” Ryan (1876-1952)	?
Connie Magnusson Schimnowski	?
Corrine Joan Scott OM MBA	?
Mary Scott	?
Sybil Francis Shack (1911-2004)	?
Jennifer Mary Walker Shay (1930-2018)	Winnipeg
Carol Ann Warner Shields (1935-2003)	Winnipeg
Shahina Siddiqui	?
Gudrun Helga Julia Sigurdson	?
Bernadette Smith OM MLA	?
Muriel Ann Lipsey Smith	Winnipeg
Dayna Spiring LLB	?
Clarissa May Joyce “Chriss” Tetlock (1941-2011)	Winnipeg
Susan A. Thompson OM LLD	?
Sherri Walsh LLB	?
Judy Wasylycia-Leis	?
Beatrice Watson	?
Dr. Alexandria Wilson EdD	?
The Very Reverend the Hon. Lois M. Wilson CC OOnt	?
Adele Wiseman (1928-1992)	?
Helen Lillian Granger Young (1922-2023)	Winnipeg

Group Members

Trailblazer	Location
Council of Women of Winnipeg Inc.	Winnipeg
Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire (Jon Sigurdson Chapter)	?
Junior League of Winnipeg	Winnipeg
Manitoba Speech and Hearing Association, founders Idell Brady, Mary Jane Cairns, Lila Ellis, Muriel Lyons, Mabel McQuillan, Alice Mellor, Marion Mills, Margaret Morse, Angela Murphy, Isabel Richard, Christina Rickards, and Marijke Vogel	Winnipeg
Manitoba Women's Institute	Brandon
Mentoring Artists for Women's Art (MAWA)	Winnipeg
Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Thrift Shops, founders Selma Loewen, Sara Stoesz, Linie Friesen, Susan Giesbrecht and dozens more	?
National Council of Jewish Women of Canada	Winnipeg
Nellie McClung Foundation, including founding member Bette Mueller	Manitou
Patersons LLP partners: Jodi Wyman (Alexander), Kelli Potter (Virden), Breena Murray (Brandon)	Various
The Shameless Circle	Winnipeg
University Women's Club of Winnipeg	Winnipeg
Winnipeg Raging Grannies	Winnipeg
Women of the Fur Trade, including Thanadelthur	Various
Women's Health Clinic, founding Board of Directors: Ellen Kruger, Linda Taylor, Paula Harris, Paula Gardner, Niki Garson, Robert Janz, Dr. C. Yuen	?

Religious Orders

Trailblazer	Location
Les Soeurs du Sauveur	Notre Dame de Lourdes
Missionary Oblate Sisters	St. Boniface
Sisters of Charity (Grey Nuns)	St. Boniface
Sisters of Misericorde	Winnipeg
Sisters of Service	?
Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary	Winnipeg
Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate	Winnipeg
Institute of the Sisters of Service of Canada	Winnipeg

See also:

Manitoba Recipients of the King George V Jubilee Medal

Manitoba Recipients of the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal

Manitoba Recipients of the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal

Manitoba Recipients of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal

Manitoba Recipients of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal

Manitoba Recipients of the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal

Manitoba Recipients of the Governor General’s Caring Canadian Award / Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers

Manitoba Recipients of the Meritorious Service Medal (Civil Division)

Manitoba Inductees to the Order of the British Empire

Manitoba Inductees to the Order of St. Gregory the Great

Manitoba Inductees to the Order of the Falcon

Manitoba Recipients of Knighthoods

Manitoba Recipients of the Canadian Centennial Medal

Manitoba Recipients of the 125th Anniversary of Canadian Confederation Medal

Manitoba Members of the Order of Canada

Manitoba Members of the Order of Military Merit

Members of the Order of Manitoba

Members of the Order of the Metis Nation

Members of the Manitoba Order of the Buffalo Hunt

Recipients of the Manitoba Centennial Medal

Members of the Manitoba Order of the Crocus

Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Historical Preservation and Promotion

Winnipeg Citizens Hall of Fame

Recipients of Manitoba 150 Honours

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Order of Manitoba Monument (Assiniboine Park, Winnipeg)

Sources:

“The 150 Manitoba Women Trailblazers,” Winnipeg Free Press, 28 January 2021, page A15.

“The 150 Manitoba Women Trailblazer Awards,” Winnipeg Free Press, 3 February 2021, page A5.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 4 March 2024

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