Women who grew up at the turn of the century - Louise McKinney, Mary Ellen Smith, Cairine Wilson and Emily Murphy - laid a foundation and passed their torch to a new generation of women - Ellen Fairclough, Thérèse Casgrain and Tilly Rolston - who also built on that foundation so that the progress of women's stature in Canadian society was enhanced.
Les femmes qui ont grandi au tournant du siècle - Louise McKinney, Mary Ellen Smith, Cairine Wilson, Emily Murphy - ont ouvert la voie et passé le flambeau à une nouvelle génération de femmes - Ellen Fairclough, Thérèse Casgrain, Tilly Rolston - qui ont continué de préparer le terrain pour améliorer la place des femmes dans la société canadienne.