434 Bornin Cobourg, Ontario, Alice Evelyn Wilson grew upina closefamily that thrived on learningand the outdoors. Her mother taughther Greek and Latin before she started gradeone, but science became her passion. Alice entered Victoria ...
Alice Wilson 1881–1964 Canada's first female geologist blazed a path into a world where women weren't welcome. Alice Wilson. She was a gangly girl who loved rocks. Alice Wilson made geology her hobby, her career, and her life.
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Adelaide Hoodless. When her infant son John died from drinking contaminated milk at eighteen months, Adelaide Hoodless decided on her mission in life. On learning the cause of the tragedy she decided to help educate other mothers.
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