Earley, Mary Two-Axe National Historic Person

Kahnawà:ke, Quebec
Mary Two Axe Early receiving Governor General's awards for the "Persons Case",  Ottawa, Ontario, 1979 (© Status of Women Canada / National Archives / Government of Canada | Condition féminine Canada / Archives nationales / Gouvernement du Canada)
Mary Two Axe Early, 1979.
(© Status of Women Canada / National Archives / Government of Canada | Condition féminine Canada / Archives nationales / Gouvernement du Canada)
Address : Kahnawà:ke, Quebec

Recognition Statute: Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date: 2025-08-11
Life Date: 1911 to 1996

Other Name(s):
  • Mary Two-Axe Earley (1911–1996)  (Designation Name)
  • Two-Axe Earley  (Other Name)
Research Report Number: 2024-37, 2024-37-A

Importance: Innovative leader who worked to bring First Nations women’s issues to the forefront of the women’s movement provincially, nationally, and internationally, helped inspire and mobilize the next generations