Edith Anderson Monture of Six Nations was a woman of several firsts
Kanien’kehá:ka woman Edith Anderson Monture was the first First Nations woman in Canada to become a nurse, the first Indigenous woman from Canada to serve in the U.S. military, and the first Indigenous woman to vote in a federal election.
Kanien’kehá:ka woman Edith Anderson Monture was the first First Nations woman in Canada to become a nurse, the first Indigenous woman from Canada to serve in the U.S. military, and the first Indigenous woman to vote in a federal election.
