One of two Grey County women have made the shortlist of names that could be featured on a new banknote.
The list — selected by an advisory council from public submissions — includes pioneering feminist Nellie McClung, who was born in Chatsworth.
But the list does not include Agnes Macphail of the Dundalk area, the first woman elected to Canadian Parliament.
McClung was a politician and public lecturer, and she campaigned vigorously for social reform and women’s rights.
Also on the list are artists Emily Carr and Pitseolak Ashoona and authors Lucy Maud Montgomery, Pauline Johnson and Gabrielle Roy.
Other pioneering feminists Idola Saint-Jean and Therese Casgrain are on the list.
It is rounded out with humanitarian Lotta Hitschmanova, aircraft designer Elsie MacGill, Olympian Bobbie Rosenfeld and pioneering businesswomen Viola Desmond.
The Bank says it received more than 26,000 submissions nominating more than 460 women.
A poll will be commissioned to gauge the views of the public on the list.
Then, the advisory council and experts will pare it down to three to five finalists for a selection by Finance Minister Bill Morneau.
