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Viola Irene Desmond (née Davis), businesswoman, civil rights activist (born 6 July 1914 in Halifax, NS; died 7 February 1965 in New York, NY). Viola Desmond built a career and business as a beautician and was a mentor to young Black women in Nova Scotia through her Desmond School of Beauty Culture.
Viola Irene Desmond (July 6, 1914 – February 7, 1965) was a Canadian civil and women's rights activist and businesswoman of Black Nova Scotian descent. In 1946, she challenged racial segregation at a cinema in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, by refusing to leave a whites-only area of the Roseland Theatre.
May 9, 2024 · Viola Desmond (born July 6, 1914, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada—died February 7, 1965, New York, New York, U.S.) was a Canadian businesswoman and civil libertarian who built a career as a beautician and was a mentor to young Black women in Nova Scotia through her Desmond School of Beauty Culture.
Viola (Davis) Desmond (1914 to 1965) was an African-Nova Scotian entrepreneur, whose story involved one of the most publicized incidents of racial discrimination in Nova Scotian and Canadian history.
Jul 3, 2019 · Who is Viola Desmond? This biography details how she fought segregation, leading her to become the first Canadian woman on the $10 banknote.
Viola (Davis) Desmond was a Nova Scotia-born African Canadian woman, beautician, teacher and entrepreneur from Halifax, who awakened Nova Scotia society to Human Rights issues in 1946.
Dec 8, 2016 · Black rights activist Viola Desmond to be 1st Canadian woman on $10 bill; Viola Desmond as face of $10 bill a priceless honour for N.S.
