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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

Grace Annie Lockhart;Mt. Allison University 000 063

Gracie Annie Lockhart;
(Mt. Allison University 000 063)

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.