Fierce: Women who Shaped Canada

About this book

Meet 10 remarkable women you’ve probably never heard of.

They battled bears and cougars, traversed mountains and extreme terrain, endured hardship during wartime and challenged ideas of what was appropriate for women in their time.

• Marguerite de la Roque survived alone on an island for years after being abandoned there by her guardian.
• Ttha’naltther, a teenager, used her determination and her powers of persuasion to bring peace between the Nehiyawak and the Dene.
• Victoria Cheung concealed her Canadian citizenship in order to remain in wartime South China and continue to treat her patients.

There are just some of the women you’ll find in the pages of this book. They were fierce, and yet most of us have never heard of them. That’s because women’s stories don’t often make it to the pages of history books. Their lives are lived off the page, their stories passed down through family lore and oral tradition. But at every moment in history, at a place in Canada near you, there have been women with inspiringly daring tales. We’re finally hearing their stories.