Who is a woman who’s made an impact on your life? Celebrating International Womens Day!
It is International Women's Day James Beard aka noodin -- March 8, 2026 Josephine Mandamin Celebrating Josephine Henrietta Trudeau February 21, 1942 Died February 22, 2019 (aged 77) Wikwemikong First Nation and Canada Josephine Mandamin ( Anishinaabemowin : Biidaasige-ba, "The one who comes with the light". Anishinaabe grandmother, elder and founding member of the water protectors movement. A member of Wikwemikong First Nation , Mandamin was a survivor of the Canadian Indian residential school system and cofounder of the Mother Earth Water Walkers . During her 77 years, she walked about 25,000 miles around the shorelines of all the Great Lakes , and other waterways of North America, carrying a pail of water, to bring awareness to the need to protect the waters from pollution. Early life From 1948 to 1954 Josephine attended the St. Joseph' Residential School for Girls in Spanish, Ontario. Josephine moved to Thunder Bay in 1979. Throughout her career in ...