150 Fascinating Facts About Canadian Women

Quickly, name three Canadian women. If you are not from Canada, do you even know three? You may know more than your think, and this book will introduce you to a whole lot more. Did you know Samantha Bee, of Full Frountal fame, is Canadian? Did you forget that K.D. Lang is Canadian? Did you remember that Buffy Sainte-Marie was?

Americans know who Rosa Parks was, but what about Viola Desmond, who would not give up her seat to a white patron in a movie theatre, and was arrested for that, and will soon have her image on the $10 bill.

And while readers might know that L.M. Montgomery wrote Anne of Green Gabeles, did you know that the book is so loved in Japan that a Japanese businessman once paid more than a million dollars for potatoes because they came from Prince Edward Island, where she lived.

It is a very short book, but very cool and can pique your interest in all these women, that you might end up reading a bio on any one of these 150 women.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

Despite my reservations about the focus on 150, this book managed to highlight both the highs and the lows of Canadian women with diversity and acknowledgment of Indigenous issues.

As a Canadian woman, I loved this book. The stories gave me just enough information to help me understand each woman's role in Canadian history. I read this over with my son. We have even looked up a number of women further to read more about them. This is an important book for all Canadians to read.