Edith CampbellW
Edith Campbell

Edith Campbell, was a Canadian nurse. She was one of the first Canadian nurses to arrive in England to assist in the establishment of the Duchess of Connaught Canadian Red Cross Hospital, a field hospital in Taplow, Buckinghamshire, and serve during the First World War in both England and France, earning a number of medals including the Royal Red Cross, first class, and the Military Medal. She was also twice mentioned in dispatches.

Minnie Julia Beatrice CampbellW
Minnie Julia Beatrice Campbell

Minnie Julia Beatrice Campbell OBE was a Canadian clubwoman, lecturer, and editor, a leader in the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire (IODE).

Frances CluettW
Frances Cluett

Frances Cluett was an army nurse and educator from Newfoundland, noted for her service during World War I, and especially for her many letters back home beginning in 1916 that conveyed the eye-opening experiences of a young woman leaving home for the first time and explaining in vivid detail the horrors of war.

Helena ColemanW
Helena Coleman

Helena Coleman was a Canadian poet, music teacher, and writer.

Marion Stinson CrerarW
Marion Stinson Crerar

Marion Elizabeth Stinson Crerar was a Canadian clubwoman focused on public health, and especially active during World War I.

Evangeline Lydia EmsleyW
Evangeline Lydia Emsley

Evangeline Lydia Emsley, sometimes written as Lydia Evangeline Emsley, was a Canadian nurse who was decorated for her service as a member of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps during World War I.

H. Isabel GrahamW
H. Isabel Graham

H. Isabel Graham was a Canadian poet.

Florence HarveyW
Florence Harvey

Florence Lyle Harvey was a Canadian golfer, and an ambulance driver in Serbia during World War I. She was inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame in 1972.

Julia Wilmotte HenshawW
Julia Wilmotte Henshaw

Julia Wilmotte Henshaw was a Canadian botanist, geographer, writer, and political activist who also served with the Red Cross in World War I.

Margaret MacDonald (nurse)W
Margaret MacDonald (nurse)

Major Margaret Clothilde MacDonald was a Canadian military nurse. She is well known for being one of the first females to hold a position in the completely male-dominated military of her time. She is also known for her breakthrough role as a military nurse during World War I. During this time, she was given the title of Matron-in-Chief of the Canadian Army Medical Corps Nursing Service. Also, Margaret MacDonald was the first woman to be given a 'Major' military rank in the British Empire and was awarded the Royal Red Cross (1916) and the Florence Nightingale Medal (1918).

Sara Anne McLaganW
Sara Anne McLagan

Sara Anne McLagan, born Sara Anne Maclure, was an Irish-born Canadian newspaper editor and clubwoman, co-founder and publisher of the Vancouver Daily World. She is often described as "the first female publisher of a daily newspaper in Canada" or "the first Canadian female newspaper editor."

Lilias Torrance NewtonW
Lilias Torrance Newton

Lilias Torrance Newton was a Canadian painter and a member of the Beaver Hall Group.

Grace Julia Parker DrummondW
Grace Julia Parker Drummond

Grace Julia Parker Drummond was a Canadian clubwoman and philanthropist, decorated for her work during World War I.

Georgina PopeW
Georgina Pope

Georgina Pope (1862–1938) was a Canadian nurse who served with distinction in the Second Boer War and First World War.

Helen Richmond Young ReidW
Helen Richmond Young Reid

Helen Richmond Young Reid CBE was a Canadian social reformer, focused on public health and women's education. In 1935 she was named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for her life's work.

Virna SheardW
Virna Sheard

Virginia Sheard was a Canadian poet and novelist. She also wrote under the name Stanton Sheard.

Julia Grace WalesW
Julia Grace Wales

Julia Grace Wales was a Canadian academic known for authoring the Wisconsin Plan, a proposal to set up a conference of intellectuals from neutral nations who would work to find a solution for the First World War.

Leslie Joy WhiteheadW
Leslie Joy Whitehead

Leslie Joy Whitehead, known as Josephine, Joy, or Jo, was a Canadian female soldier during the First World War. Whitehead was one of a small number of women from the western world to enter the frontlines as a combatant during World War I after she enlisted as a man in the Royal Serbian Army at the age of 22. During her time on the Balkan Front, she would go on to work as a military engineer, a guard for the Scottish Women's Hospitals, and become a prisoner of war under the Bulgarian Army following the invasion of Belgrade on October 8, 1915.