The advertising executive recalled the 2011 Christmas Eve fire at her Stamford, Connecticut, home that killed her daughters Lily, 9, and twins Sarah and Grace, 7, and her parents Lomer and Pauline Johnson in an emotional talk at Cannes Lions advertising festival reported by Page Six.
Date: Feb 09, 2017
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Who Is Viola Desmond? The Civil Rights Activist Will Adorn Canada's $10 Bill
choices to get printed on Canadian dollars. The other women who were considered include Fanny Rosenfeld, an Olympic medalist from 1928; Pauline Johnson, a poet; Elsie MacGill, who broke glass ceilings in the male-dominated field of engineering;and Idola Saint-Jean, a feminist journalist from Quebec.
Mohawk artist and poet E. Pauline Johnson; segregation opponent Viola Desmond; Olympic gold medalist Bobbie Rosenfeld; journalist, feminist and suffragette Idola Saint-Jean; and Canadas first practicing female engineer, Elsie MacGill, who also became the worlds first female aircraft designer.
Date: Dec 08, 2016
Source: Google
Viola Desmond to appear on new Canadian $10 banknote
Others on the short list were poet E. Pauline Johnson; Elsie MacGill, who received an electrical engineering degree from the University of Toronto in 1927; Quebec suffragette Idola Saint-Jean; and 1928 Olympic medallist Fanny Rosenfeld, a track and field athlete.
Date: Dec 08, 2016
Source: Google
Viola Desmond to be first Canadian woman on banknote
Thursday's short list included poet E. Pauline Johnson; Elsie MacGill, who received an electrical engineering degree from the University of Toronto in 1927; Quebec suffragette Idola Saint-Jean; and 1928 Olympic medallist Fanny Rosenfeld, a track and field athlete.
Date: Dec 08, 2016
Source: Google
How Viola Desmond became the new face of the $10 bill
-- The final five: Desmond; poet E. Pauline Johnson; Elsie MacGill, who received an electrical engineering degree from the University of Toronto in 1927; Quebec suffragette Idola Saint-Jean; and 1928 Olympic track and field medallist Fanny Rosenfeld.
Date: Dec 08, 2016
Source: Google
Viola Desmond will be first woman other than the Queen featured on Canadian currency
An advisory panel heard from historical experts and narrowed the nominations down, first to a long list of 12, then a short list of five: Viola Desmond, Pauline Johnson, Elizabeth (Elsie) MacGill, Fanny (Bobbie) Rosenfeld, and Idola Saint-Jean.
Date: Dec 08, 2016
Category: Business
Source: Google
Nellie McClung top choice for 1st Canadian woman on face of banknote: poll
The remaining six nominees all received less than 10 per cent of votes in the poll. They were poet E. Pauline Johnson, author Gabrielle Roy, artist Pitseolak Ashoona, suffragette Idola Saint-Jean, humanitarian Lotta Hitschmanova and athlete Fanny (Bobbie) Rosenfeld.