International Women's Day 2011 Slideshow created for IWD dinner

3. Inspiring, Embracing, Leading: A Century of Celebrating Women

4. Activism

5. Elizabeth Bagshaw | 1882-1982 Medical director of the first birth control clinic in Canada

6. Elizabeth May | 1954 - Politician Lawyer Environmental Activist Writer

7. Betty Friedan | 1921 - 2006 Author Feminist Activist

8. Simone de Beauvoir | 1908 - 1986 Philosopher Public Intellectual Social Theorist

9. Naomi Wolf | 1962 - Author of “The Beauty Myth” Political Consultant Spokesperson for Third Wave Feminism

10. Government

12. Angola 1975 Bangladesh 1972 Belgium 1919 Canada 1917 China 1949 Egypt 1956 France 1944 India 1950 Iceland 1915 Malaysia 1957 Mexico 1947 New Zealand 1893 Russia 1918 South Africa 1930 Sweden 1861 Thailand 1932 Ukraine 1919 United States 1920 Yemen 1967

13. 1977 Canadian law prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex or marital status. 1979 Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of Great Britain. 1988 Benazir Bhutto becomes Prime Minister of Pakistan. She is the first woman leader of a Muslim country in the modern world. 1989 Canadian women gain access to all combat posts in the military (except Submarine duty). 1973 The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Roe vs. Wade that a woman has a constitutional right to abortion.

14. Angela Merkel | 1954 - Chancellor of Germany Physical Chemist European Council

15. Diana, Princess of Wales | 1961 - 1997 Activist for anti-personnel landmines AIDS activist Rebel

16. Hillary Rodham Clinton | 1947 - Secretary of State Senator First Lady Candidate for Democratic Presidential Nomination Advocate for Health, Women & Children Lawyer Scandal Survivor

17. Business

18. Indra Nooyi | 1955 - CEO of PepsiCo Honourary Co-Chair of World Justice Project

19. Ursula Burns | 1958 - CEO of Xerox First African-American woman to head Fortune 500 company

20. Laura Formusa CEO of Hydro One Founded Women of Energy group to advance women’s issues

21. Science

22. Marie Curie | 1867 - 1934 Chemist Physicist Nobel Prize winner

23. Roberta Bondar | 1945 - Canada’s first female astronaut Educator Neurologist

24. Margaret Mead | 1901 - 1978 Anthropologist Writer Speaker

25. Sport

26. The Edmonton Grads | 1915 - 1940 Women’s Basketball Dedication Determination

27. Silken Laumann | 1964 - Olympian Child Advocate Author

28. Joannie Rochette | 1986 - Olympian

29. The Arts

30. Julia Child | 1912 - 2004 Chef Author

31. Mia Farrow | 1945 - Actress Humanitarian Singer

32. Edith Piaf | 1915 - 1963 Singer Songwriter Actress

33. J.K. Rowling | 1965- Novelist

34. Oprah Winfrey | 1954- Talk Show Host Media Proprietor Actress Philanthropist First African American Woman to become a billionaire

35. Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel | 1883-1971 Fashion Designer

36. Katherine Hepburn | 1907-2003 Actress

37. Toni Morrison | 1931 - Nobel & Pulitzer Prize Winner Author Editor Professor

38. Anne of Green Gables Adventurer Dreamer

39. Billie Holiday | 1915-1959 Singer Songwriter

40. Sarah Polley | 1979- Actress Singer Film Director Screenwriter Political Activist

41. Emily Carr | 1871 - 1945 Painter Writer

42. Ellen DeGeneres | 1958 - Stand up Comedian Talk Show Host Actress LBGT Spokesperson

43. Nancy Drew Mystery Solver Inspiration for young girls everywhere

44. Being a Canadian woman