Think you know history?

Published Friday August 15th, 2008

Over the next few months, This Week will test our readers' knowledge of women's history in New Brunswick with questions from 'Celebrating Achievers: A Quiz on New Brunswick Women's History", published by the New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women in 2002.

16) Edna Steel was the first woman elected to municipal office in N.B. Name the year and the municipality.

17) Name the first woman elected to an Indian Band Council in N.B.

18) Marion Upton was the first woman elected mayor of a municipality in N.B. Name the year and the municipality.

19) Name the first woman elected Chief of a Band in N.B.

20) In 1978, the first female President of a political party in N.B. was elected. What is her name?

Answers to these five questions can be found on page 8. The complete 45-question quiz can be viewed on the Council's website at www.acswcccf.nb.ca.

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