The Canadian government announced that civil rights activist Viola Desmond will become the first woman of color to appear on the country’s banknotes. Desmond, who challenged racial segregation ...

Canada’s central bank announced Thursday that Viola Desmond will become the first person of color and woman who is not royalty on Canadian currency. “It is my great privilege to announce that ...

But it is an opportunity to look at Black women and sisters of color’s relationship money ... to from the physical to the financial. Viola and Harriet are not just on these bills.

Canada announced that the new face of its $10 bill will be the civil rights activist Viola Desmond, the first woman of color to appear on any of the country’s banknotes. Desmond has been ...

In 1946, Viola Desmond, a 32-year-old entrepreneur from ... When she was denied entrance to Halifax beauty schools because of her skin color, she trained in Montreal, New York, and New Jersey ...

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 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 ...

Canada last week unveiled a new $10 bill bearing the image of Viola Desmond, an African-Canadian woman who was jailed after she refused to move out of the “whites only” section of a movie ...