Women's History Month

This is an ongoing, yearly project. We will be adding new women to this exhibit every October, which is Women's History Month.

If you would like to nominate a woman to be included in this exhibit, please Submit A Nomination.

2024 Women's History Month

The following women are recognized this year:

• Dorothy Mary Pickup
• Jean Morrison
• Mildred Jane Foster
• Lynda McKeown

All recognized women

• Rose Alice Louise Bernst
• Mary J. L. Black 
• Sheila Burnford
• Hilda Donati
• Elizabeth Dougall
• Katherine Dugmore
• Donna Gilhooly 
• Sister Leila Greco
• Mary Riter Hamilton 
• Rebecca Johnson
• Betty Kennedy 
• Gertrude Cornish Knight 
• Suzan Labine 
• Lisa Laco
• Elsie MacGill
• Charlotte MacGillivray-Amar 
• Grandmother Josephine Mandamin
• Elder Freda McDonald
• Lyn McLeod 
• Marguerite McLoughlin 
• Victoria McVicar 
• Dusty Miller 
• Dorothea Mitchell 
• Judith Mongrain 
• Mother Monica
• Northwestern Ontario Women's Centre
• Darla Oja
• Margaret Ruth Page
• Margaret Phillips 
• Eva Maude Powley
• Rosies of the North Project
• Susan Ross 
• Catherine Seppala 
• Elizabeth Smellie 
• Sister Margaret Smith 
• Patricia Vervoort 
• Catherine Vickers 
• Dolores Wawia
• Traude Wedding 
• Jane Wink 
• Eunice Wishart
• West Algoma Equal Suffrage Association
• Annette Pateman
• Grace Ann Biggs Remus
• Jennifer Hunter
• (Phyllis) Diane Scott

Submit a nomination

Please let us know about women whose role in Thunder Bay's history should be celebrated. The person's contributions to Thunder Bay history should be significant and the facts in the biography must be true and verifiable. Your nomination should include:

• A short biography about the woman and her contribution to Thunder Bay's history
• A photo of the woman
• Any sources or additional information you might have

You can submit a nomination for this exhibit at any time. Nominations received between Mother's Day and July 1 will be considered for this year's exhibit. Any nominations that we receive after July 1 will be considered for next year.

Nominations can be sent to:

archives@thunderbay.ca

City of Thunder Bay Archives
500 Donald St. E.
Thunder Bay, ON
P7E 5V3

Additional information

For more information on prominent women in Thunder Bay's history, or any other subject of interest, please visit or contact the City of Thunder Bay Archives.

Every precaution has been taken to make sure that copyright has been cleared for images used in this exhibit. If you have any concerns, please contact City Archives.

The funding for this exhibition was received, in part, from the Young Canada Works program that is administered through the Canadian Council of Archives. We appreciate the financial assistance.

View our Women's History Month 2020 Web Exhibit Launch video.