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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'.

21. Louise Blanchard became the first female leader of a political party in New Brunswick when she was elected Leader of the Parti Acadien in 1981. Born in Caraquet, Louise trained as an arts teacher in Moncton and Paris. She had an early introduction to social and political activism.

22. Elsie (Fairweather) Wayne, was born in Shédiac N.B., and moved to Saint John at an early age. She was first elected to the Saint John Common Council in 1977 and served two three-year terms as councillor before successfully running for mayor in 1983. She was the first female mayor of the city, as well as the first female mayor of a major New Brunswick city. She was re-elected in the 1986, 1989, and 1992 civic elections, making her the first mayor to be elected for four consecutive terms.

23. In 1923, Marguerite Michaud became the first Francophone woman from New Brunswick to earn a B.A. when she graduated from Saint Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia. Francophone women would have to wait until 1943 before they were to have a place in a university degree-granting program in their own language in New Brunswick.

24. Moll Griff. Her only known hanging is the execution of a King's County man found guilty of murdering his wife in 1795. The following year, Moll Griff was imprisoned for burglary. We know little about the circumstances of this woman's life. "Moll", a nickname for Mary, was a slang term of the era for prostitute. It was not uncommon during this period when two or more individuals were sentenced to hang for one to be pardoned on condition that he or she hang the others. This might explain why Moll Griff was only responsible for one execution.

25. Camille Elizabeth Robichaud was the first Francophone woman to be admitted to the N.B. Bar. She graduated from the U.N.B. Law School in 1953, and was admitted to the N.B. Bar that same year. She was later made a Queen's Counsel.

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