Her Courage Rises: 50 Trailblazing Women of British Columbia and the Yukon

by Haley Healey, Kimiko Fraser (Illustrator)

Overview

Finalist, 2023 Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize – BC and Yukon Book Prizes

A beautifully illustrated collection of inspiring life stories of fifty extraordinary historical women from BC and Yukon.

This fascinating, informative, and charming book introduces young readers to a diverse group of women who changed the face of history in unexpected ways and defied the expectations and gender norms of their times. Through charming illustrations and concise biographies, Her Courage Rises features social activists and politicians, artists and writers, scientists and healers, pioneers and prospectors, athletes and entrepreneurs, teachers and cultural tradition keepers.

These women represented all ages, walks of life, and backgrounds. Some, like Cougar Annie and shipwreck heroine Minnie Paterson, became legendary in popular culture, long after their deaths. Others, like politician Rosemary Brown, artist Emily Carr, and Olympic sprinter Barbara Howard, achieved fame during their lives. Still others, including photographer and cultural teacher Elizabeth Quocksister, artist and cultural consultant Florence Edenshaw, land claims activist and translator Jane Constance Cook (Ga’axsta’las), and language champion Barbara Touchie, made great strides in preserving and promoting Indigenous rights and cultures. And many, like environmentalist Ruth Masters, water diviner Evelyn Penrose, and Doukhobor pioneer Anna Markova, are less well-known but still made important contributions to their communities and our wider collective history.

Her Courage Rises is full of inspirational female role models and insights into the trailblazing women who made history in BC and Yukon.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781772034264
Publisher:	Heritage House
Publication date:	10/25/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	101 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	12 Years

About the Author

Haley Healey is a high school counsellor, registered clinical counsellor, and the bestselling author of On Their Own Terms: True Stories of Trailblazing Women of Vancouver Island and Flourishing and Free: More Stories of Trailblazing Women of Vancouver Island. A self-proclaimed trailblazing woman herself, she has taught in isolated fly-in communities, guided whitewater canoe expeditions, and plays the violin. She has an avid interest in wild places and unconventional people.
Kimiko Fraser is an illustrator and historian-in-training. She grew up constantly making—drawing, painting, knitting, sculpting, bookbinding, etc.—and has never learned how to stop. She holds a bachelor of arts (honours History, major Visual Arts) from the University of Victoria. She works with many mediums to create her illustrations, including watercolour, digital, ink, and tea. Most of her work is inspired by her interest in plants, history, and folktales.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

Writers

Edith Josie 9

E. Pauline Johnson/Tekahionwake 11

Margaret "Ma" Murray 13

Alice Freeman (Faith Fenton) 15

Angela Sidney/Ch'óonehte' Ma Stóow 19

Capi Blanchet 21

Photographers and Artists

Elizabeth Quocksister 23

Hannah Maynard 25

Hazel anna Wilson/Jut-Ke-Nay 27

Kate Rockwell 29

Florence Edenshaw Davidson 31

Sonia Cornwall 35

Emily Carr 37

Jennie Butchart 39

Entrepreneurs

Belinda Mulrooney 41

Cougar Annie (Ada Annie Rae-Arthur) 43

Sophie Morigeau 45

Miners

Lucille Hunter 47

Delina Noel 49

Émilie Tremblay 51

Nellie Cashman 53

Adventurers

Lilian Eland 55

Dorothy Blackmore 57

Kate Carmack/Shaaw Tláa 59

Minnie Paterson 63

Catherine Schubert 67

Ruth Masters 69

Phyllis Munday 71

Doctors and Scientists

Frances Oldham Kelsey 73

Helen Sawyer Hogg 75

Victoria Chung 77

Julia Henshaw 81

Edith Berkeley 83

Brave Pioneers and Homesteaders

Emma Stark 85

Kimiko Murakami 87

Anna Petrovna Markova 89

Isabella Mainville Ross 91

Maria Mahoi 93

Mary Ann Gyves/Tuwa'hwiye Tusium Gosselim 95

Helpers and Healers

Nellie Yip Quong 97

Barbara Touchie/Sicquu?uλ 99

Ann Elmore Haig-Brown 103

Alma Russell 105

Sara Ellen Spencer 107

Ga'axsta'las/Jane Constance Cook 109

Evelyn Penrose 111

Politicians

Martha Black 113

Rosemary Brown 115

Athletes

Barbara Howard 117

Lois Smith 119

Acknowledgements 120

Selected Bibliography 121

Image Credits 126