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Here are the answers to this week's questions, found on page 2 of This Week. Questions and answers are supplied by the New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women, from their 2002 publication, 'Celebrating Achievers: A Quiz on New Brunswick Women's History'.

31. Katherine MacNaughton, born in 1901 at Black River Bridge, N.B., was the first female scholar/teacher to be awarded an honorary doctorate degree at UNB in 1953.

She was honoured because of her influential study, submitted for her Master's degree in history, "The Development of the Theory and Practice of Education in New Brunswick, 1784-1900". The study became a textbook of the history of public education in New Brunswick.

32. In 1919, N.B. women were finally able to vote in provincial elections. However, women were not allowed to run as candidates in provincial elections until 1934.

All the other provinces (except Quebec where women were not granted political rights until 1940) had adopted legislation that simultaneously granted women the vote and the right to hold office.

33. Women working full-time or part-time in N.B. in 2001 earned on average 79% of what men earned as hourly pay. Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Historical Review, 2001.

34. In 1999, women who have a university degree and work full time all year earned 69% of what men with a university degree earned. Source: Statistics Canada, Income Trends in Canada, 1980-1999.

35. In the 1996 Olympic games, held in Atlanta, Georgia, Marianne Limpert of Fredericton brought home a silver medal, New Brunswick's first Olympic medal.

The complete document is available online at www.acswcccf.nb.ca.