And this month, that woman, Viola Desmond, became the first black person to appear on Canadian currency. She’s also the first woman to appear alone who’s not a British royal. The Bank of ...

In Canada, the first civilian woman will be on the country’s $10 bill next year. Her name is Viola Desmond. Never heard of her? Up until a few years ago, neither did many Canadians, reports CBS ...

Viola Desmond has become one of the most iconic figures in the Canadian civil rights movement, and has been honoured in a Google Doodle. The entrepreneur, who would be 104 today, is best known for ...

Canada’s Viola Desmond, a black businesswoman, defied an order to leave a whites-only section of a Nova Scotia movie theater, spurring a broader fight for racial equality that helped end ...

Viola Desmond made history when it was announced earlier this year that she would appear on Canada’s new $10 bank note, the first Canadian woman to do so. Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau ...

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That was Wanda Robson's reaction to Thursday's news that her sister, Viola Desmond, would be the first Canadian woman to appear on the front of a banknote. Desmond will be the face of Canada's new ...

Finance Minister Bill Morneau said Thursday that Viola Desmond will grace the front of the $10 bill when the next series goes into circulation in 2018. A businesswoman turned civil libertarian ...

And this month, that woman, Viola Desmond, became the first black person to appear on Canadian currency. She’s also the first woman to appear alone who’s not a British royal. The Bank of ...