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This Month in Canadian Herstory: May
  • May 3, 1922
    Women in Prince Edward Island won the right to vote in provincial elections and run for office.

  • May 19, 1918
    Katherine Maud Macdonald became the first Canadian nursing sister to die in action. She was serving in Brittany when the area was bombed by German aircraft.

  • May 25, 1875
    Grace Annie Lockhart graduated from Mount Allison University, becoming the first woman in the British Empire to earn a university degree. Grace Annie Lockhart;Mt. Allison University 000 063
    Gracie Annie Lockhart;
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  • May 28, 1934
    The Dionne Quintuplets were born in Callandar, Ontario. Annette, Emilie, Yvonne, Cecile and Marie were identical, and the sisters became world-famous as the first quints to survive more than a few days.

    Dionne Quints
    Ad for a film called The Country Doctor (1936) about the doctor who delivered the quints and was later charged with exploiting them.

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