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White Pine Pictures: First Lady of the Yukon

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Martha Black was an adventurous woman who left a comfortable life in Chicago to live in the Yukon during the Gold Rush. She became the second female Member of Parliament in Canada. This site describes the making of a television documentary about her life and gives historical and biographical information.

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women adventurers, women in the gold rush, women miners, martha purdy black, white pine pictures: first lady of the yukon, yukon gold rush, yukon women, female mp, female member of parliament, history of canada, women of the klondike, famous people of the yukon
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional