STATUE SUPPORTERS
The statue to Armine Nutting Gosling will be unveiled in Bannerman Park on June 18, 2025.
Thank you to the following for helping #RaiseHerUp:
Thank you to the following for helping #RaiseHerUp:
Public Sponsors
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Trailblazers
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Elinor Gill Ratcliffe, C.M., U.N.L., LLD (hc)
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Innovators
Pioneers
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Businesses & Community Group Donors
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1620 Electrical Workers
Women's Committee Align Chiropractic & Wellness Canadian Union of Postal Workers City of Mount Pearl CFUW Clayton Hospitality Inc. Coady's Fishing Company CUPW, Local 126 Empower NL |
Five Island Rug Hooking Group
Fonemed Growler Energy Online Hickman Automotive Group IATSE, Local 709 IMTT Inclusion Canada Lynn Hammond, MPR Martin, Whelan, Hennebury, Stamp Law Mount Pearl-Paradise Chamber of Commerce |
NL Liberal Women's Commission
NL New Democratic Party Newfoundland and Labrador Public Sector Pensioners' Association Newfoundland Transshipment Ltd. NLOWE Oceanex Provincial Advisory Council on the Status of Women Russell Accident Law Scotiabank Women in Resource Development Corporation |
Leadership Donors & Dedications ($1,000+)
Leadership Donors will be listed on the permanent statue signage in Bannerman Park, will receive VIP invitations to the unveiling ceremony in June 2025, and will also receive exclusive access to special events throughout the project's development. All donors and their dedications will be listed online in perpetuity, linked by QR code on the permanent signage.
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Margo Connors and Robert Stack
Julia Courtney and Scott Oxford In memory of our mothers, Delia Felger Courtney and Nancy Scott Oxford. Chesley Crosbie In honour of Jane Furneaux Crosbie, who was one of four women who provided the funds to purchase the property on Military Road for the purpose of establishing the St. John's Women's Crisis Centre. David Crosbie In memory of my grandmothers Janet Miller Ayre Murray and Lady Mitchie Ann Crosbie and my mother Gert Crosbie and partner Sue Miller Jessica Dellow and Nicholas Crosbie In honour of our grandmothers: Annie Pelley Brake, Gertrude Murray Crosbie, Elizabeth McIntosh Dellow, and Ellen Hazelwood Howitt. Each of these women achieved and contributed greatly within the spaces they were allowed to occupy. Their daughters, granddaughters, and great-granddaughters build on their legacy every day. BJ Danylchuk Judith Dearlove & Joan Peck In celebration of Margot Duley, Carol Haddad, and the Persistence Theatre Company Shannie Duff |
Dr. Margot Duley
In memory of Florence Pitcher Duley, Eliza Vavasour Pitcher, Tryphena Soper Duley and Margaret Duley, all brave and accomplished women in very different ways; and for Heather MacLellan, a tireless advocate for historical preservation. Roberta Edgecombe Robb In honour of my parents Margery and Arthur Edgecombe and my Uncle John Butler, whose love and support in my formative years enabled me to walk a non-traditional career path - always mindful of the need to move women’s rights forward. It is a great privilege to support this tribute to one of the many wonderful women - Armine Nutting Gosling - who walked this equity road with such success nearly one hundred years ago, and showed us all how to do it! And in memory of Anne Caron - a dear friend. Frances Ennis Deborah Fry Scott Giannou and Judith Sparkes-Giannou Dr. Carol Haddad With thanks to Dr. Margot Duley, whose pioneering scholarship on the history of the Newfoundland Women's Suffrage movement brought Armine's story to us, and to Persistence Theatre for planning and promoting this statue. |
Lois Hoegg
In honour of Janet Miller Ayre Murray who was instrumental in pressuring the Newfoundland Legislature to amend the Law Society Act (1910) to permit women to practice law in Newfoundland. She had been denied enrollment in the Law Society because she was a woman. The amendment provided that the word "persons" in the Act "shall be held to extend to and to include a female person so as to confer upon all women the right to be entered as clerks, admitted as law students, enrolled as Solicitors, and called to the Bar, and to exercise fully all the rights and...obligations which are conferred and imposed upon men under the provisions of the said [Act]". The women lawyers and judges in this province stand on the shoulders of Janet Miller. Lynne Howarth In celebration of Drs. Margot Duley and Carol Haddad Kathleen Knowling Gina Pecore Jocelyn Perry In celebration of all women in Newfoundland and Labrador Debbie Petite Dr. Anne Stewart Staveley Dr. Michael Staveley Sarah Stoodley Eleanor Swanson Caitlin Urquhart Anne Whelan |
Individual Donors & Dedications ($25-$999)
Donors and their dedications will be listed online in perpetuity, linked by QR code on the permanent statue signage in Bannerman Park and will also be invited to the unveiling ceremony in June 2025.
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John Abbott In memory of Angela (Ennis) Abbott Ellen Alcock For Angela Earles Margaret Allen In memory of Kathleen K. (Fitz-Gerald) Earle Joan Marie Alyward Maureen Anonsen Thomas Baird Victoria Belbin John Barrington Kate Barrington Olivia Barrington Shevone Barrington Barbara Barrowman Sharon Batstone Tashia Batstone Oliver Bendzsa Cathy Bennett Dr. Terry Bishop Sterling Bobbie Boland Remembering Helen Blanche Murphy - she worked hard to raise women up, for equity, safety of women and children, and social justice; and Lily Oldford Brown - a community builder, craftsperson, farmer, a woman of the island; and Anita Hynes Boland, a humble, kind and generous woman who loved to laugh, loved her family and her faith; and Jean Boland, whose way of being in the world was to help others, to enjoy the natural world, friendships and children. Glendora Boland In Celebration of Katherine Wilson Boland & Meghan Wilson Boland; and In Memory of Lillian Anna Murphy Wilson and Helen Blanche Murphy. Patricia Boland-Baker Susan Bonnell In honour of Cynthia Gill Mary Boulos Amy Bowring In celebration of Sandra A. Rowe Diane Brenton Gillian Brown Jane Brown In honour of Majorie Brown Jenn Brown For my mother, Philomena Brown, sisters, Bethina, Pamela and Ashley, and all of the strong woman leaders in our family. Dr. Roberta Buchanan In memory of Dorothy Jeanate Buchanan Jim Butler For our granddaughter Jane Amelia Overton Janis Byrne Bonnie Campbell Dedicated to my mother, Edwina Suley, a lifelong educator, egalitarian, social justice campaigner, and heritage activist; and for my grandmothers: Lovetta Loder Suley and Blanche Squires Howell, with all my love and gratitude; and to the Waterford Valley High English Department! Diane Campbell AnnMarie Candow Ruth Canning In memory of Mary Jessica Canning; a strong, courageous woman. Elizabeth Carew In honour of Patricia Carew (McCarthy) and Mary McCarthy, our mother and grandmother who inspired and challenged us to work hard and give back. Also our father Stan Carew, whose law partner, Louise Sauders, was the first woman called to the bar in Newfoundland. Ane Christensen For forward-looking women everywhere — inspired and inspiring. Susan Chalker Brown Barbara Clancy Chip Clark Courtney Clarke Melanie Coughlin In honour of Patricia Anne Coughlin Maryann Coynoypopoylos Julia Clarke For my nanny Joan, my wonder woman Sandra Clarke Denise Cleary Nicholle Cluett Joan Coady Maggie Coady Stacey Coady Corina Coady-Walsh Lisa Cobb Aimee Coles Victoria Collins Dedicated to Irene Halley Collins, a woman ahead of her time Kara Connors Kimberly Connors Deborah Coombs Dr. Heidi Coombs Carol Ann Cotter Marie Corbett Bea Courtney Marlene Creates Elizabeth Creelman Linda Cullum Erin Cullen In memory of Patricia Mary Sparrow and Winifred Ploughman Diana Dabinett Doreen Dawe Carol Daley Bernard Davis Doreen Dawe Nicole Dawe Erin Delaney Jenn Deon & Dave Walsh In memory of Fran Deon, Janet Edmonds, Michelle Jackson & Rita Walsh Elke Dettmer Mary Devine Sheila Devine Geraldine Downey Gerri Downey Cathy Driedzic Stephanie Duff Cathy Duke Pauline Duke Nora Duke Maxine Dunne Elaine Dunphy |
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Carolyn Earle Yvonne Earle In honour of Wendy Williams, former city councillor (St. John's) and former leader of Provincial Advisory Council on the Status of Women; and in memory of Dorothy Carnell Earle; Joan Loveday Earle; and Joyce Hall - teacher extraordinaire and boundary pusher. Carolyn Emerson Lela Evans Anne Fagan For my Mom, Kathleen (Bradley) Fagan 1924-2007, the strongest and bravest of women Nichola Feldman-Kiss Alice Flynn Charmaine Flynn Judy Foote Debbie Forward In memory of Lorna Clouter and in celebration of Granddaughter Avery Forward Brenda Gagnon Krista Galbraith Sherry Gambin-Walsh In celebration of Marina Walsh and Victoria Jane Walsh; and in memory of Jane Brewer-Gambin and Aggie Mooney-Power Bruce Gilbert Rosalind Gill Gloria Haley Joyce Hancock In honour of Dorothy Inglis Marlayne Hardy Ita Hatfield Kathy Hawkins Lynn Healey Claire Hickman Kathy Hickman For all the women who fought courageously to give women the right to vote. Judy Hudson Melva Humber Lisa Hutchens Danika Hyatt Lauren Hyatt Linda Inkpen Connie Ings In memory of the Reverend Evelyn Piercey, my beloved friend and mentor, a woman of great strength and inspiration, and a strong advocate for justice. And in memory of my beloved grandmother, Marion Grace Burry. Peter Jackson Bonnie James In memory of Joan Cochrane James Pam Janes-Young Jennifer Jeans In honour of Ann Jennings Sylina Jones Deidre Keating With love, to honour the strong women of our family, including Elizabeth Murphy, Cecilia Brothers, and Dana Brothers Kim Keating Bridget Keating Sheila Keats Jennifer Keyte Susan Khaladkar Jolene King Yamuna Kutty "In loving memory of Ravindran Nair, my little brother, Covid-19 victim" Jeanette Lambermont-Morey Ruth Lawrence In memory of Frances "Fannie" Knowling McNeil (14 March 1869 - 23 February 1928) Jacqueline Lee Ruby Legge In honour of Lorraine Crummey, Rebecca Crummey and Naomi Crummey Christine LeGrow Lydia Lewycky Joanne MacDonald Chantelle MacDonald Newhook Heather MacLellan Leslie MacLeod Barbara Maidment Erin Malloy Cassie Manning-Dyke Lara Maynard Karen McCarthy In honour of Margaret Myles Mallay Debbie McGee Elizabeth McGrath Juanita Mercer For Victoria Katie Mercer Lorraine Michael In honour of Ann Michael, Janet Michael, Sandra Michael Sorensen, and Lorraine Michael Elaine Mitchell Carol Ann Molloy Trudy Morgan-Cole Kathleen Morrissey In honour of Elaine Sullivan Crystal Murphy Elizabeth Murphy Richard Murphy To Catherine and Edward Murphy, Children of the Harbour Susan Murray Geri Nichols Caroline Nicholson Heather O'Brien In honour of Basia & Emelia Gogacz-O'Brien Janet O'Brien Patricia O'Brien Shane & Marie O'Dea In honour of Helena McGrath Frecker, the FIRST graduate of Memorial University College in 1926 Liz Ohle Votes for Women! Carolyn O'Keefe Cher O'Keefe To my daughter, Sarah Power and for Rebecca Pardy. Colleen O'Keefe Sheilagh O'Leary |
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Elisabeth Pardy Hartling For Sheila Marie Gushue (née Kelly): pioneer, matriarch, soulmate, endlessly supportive grandmother on her 90th birthday. Marion A Pardy In honour of International Women's Forum, St. John's, NL Allan Penny Joyce Penney Evelyn Peyton Murphy Connie Pike Tina Pomroy Doreen Power Michelle Power Dedicated to the resilient women of this province who have raised themselves up after heartbreaking loss of children and partners. They chose to thrive and contribute. Judith Puddester Mary Purchase Susan Pye Theresa Rahal Catherine Rees Evelyn Reid For my grandmothers Beatrice Burton & Evelyn Reid; for my mother Joyce Burton; and my aunt Lillias Downey. Margot Reid Doreen Riche In honour of Frances Knickle Elizabeth Roche Rebecca Roome Rebecca Rose Paul Rowe For Bessie Rowe Catherine Royle Maureen Ryan Emily Samson Stares In dedication to the Stares and Sampson women who lived, worked, and played here before us. Jennifer Selby Paula Sheppard Susan Sherk Kim Shipp Mary Shortall Katherine Simmons Jean M Smith Erin Snow Michelle Snow In memory of my mother Ann (Kinsella) White Jennifer Soper Lima Spurrell Bernie Squires Annette Stapenhorst Margaret Stares For Margaret Stares, who raised us up and set a fantastic example of being a strong woman. Thanks, Mom! For Joanne Stares, the coolest sister of all time... and now that's cast in stone. Thanks for always being someone to look up to! Jane Steneker Gail Sullivan Joan Sullivan Lynn Sullivan Sara Swain In honour of Audrey O'Brien Swain Christine Taylor-Fearing Joanne Thompson Heidi Tiedemann In memory of Katharine Cantlie Robertson Kim Todd Rose Van Driel Scott Katrina Vanta Mary Lou Vokey Allyson Wakeham In memory of Kathleen Doyle Wakeham Mona Wall Brenda Walsh Donna Walsh For Theresa K.J. Walsh & Donna Walsh Mary Watson Cassandra Whalen Karyn Whelan Kelly White Marian White Abra Whitney In honour of the fiercely strong women in the Whitney, McGee, Forrester and Pelletier Families Elizabeth Whitten Victoria Whitten In memory of Cherry Midwood Greene and Mary Kent Whitten Heidi Wicks Amanda Will Wendy C Williams Kate Wilson For Millicent Fleming Moran, loving Gran to Jax, Charlie and Stewie, and Bonus Mama to me. We are so happy to have you in our lives! Nancy Winsor Christine Winters Steven Wolinetz Vannie Woodford For Scarlett Li Yu Chen Durnford and Skye Dora Yu Han Durnford - May you both grow in strength, compassion, love, and wisdom like your wonderful Mama and the other great women in your lives; and in memory of my beloved grandmothers, Mary Frizzell and Joyce Woodford Mandy Woodland Janine Woodrow Alison Woolridge Aedon Young Élyse Young Jennifer Young Courtney Zwicker In honour of Megan Norris |
