OTD Mary Ann Shadd became Canada’s 1st female newspaper publisher

OTD Mary Ann Shadd became Canada’s 1st female newspaper publisher

Photo: Portrait of Mary Ann Shadd Cary / Library and Archives Canada / creative licence, and front page of the Provincal Freeman, September 2, 1854. On this day in 1853, Mary Ann Shadd Cary made history by publishing The Provincial Freeman, becoming North America’s first Black woman publisher and Canada’s first female publisher. An American-Canadian anti-slavery activist… SourceThe post On this day in 1853, Mary Ann Shadd published The Provincia…