In celebration of International Women’s Day 2023 I would like to honour two Canadian women pioneers separated in time by a century, with my miniature watercolour portraits and mixed media collages.
Marie-Anne Lagimodière 1780-1875
Newly married to a dashing French-Canadian voyageur, from Chambly, Quebec, Marie-Anne traveled in 1806, with the North West Company canoe brigade from Lachine, Quebec, to the Red River, the first white woman to do so. Read More
Mina Benson Hubbard 1870-1956
In 1905, two years after her husband, Leonidas Hubbard had died while trying to explore and map parts of central Labrador, Mina Benson Hubbard, born in Bewdley on Rice Lake, set out to complete his work with the help of four Indigenous guides. Read More