Trailblazing Kanien’kehá:ka nurse now a national historic person – CBC

by ahnationtalk on November 3, 202510 Views

Nov 03, 2025

Edith Anderson Monture had to attend nursing school in the U.S., graduating in 1914

Edith Anderson Monture has garnered yet another accolade nearly 30 years after her death, thanks in part to her grandson.

A Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) woman from Six Nations of the Grand River in Ontario, Anderson Monture was recently deemed a person of national historic significance under Parks Canada’s National Program of Historical Commemoration.

Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/edith-monture-nurse-historic-significance-9.6962466

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