This PDF of materials explores the life of Ella Emma Dunn. Ms. Dunn was a black woman who lived in Lethbridge from the 1920s until her death in 1981. She was an entrepreneur and fostered children and orphans from various ethnic backgrounds to ensure they never felt the racism she had dealt with as a child.

This document can be used for social studies. It could be used for research papers. It could be used as a prompt for journalistic writing. (Write your own newspaper article about a current ethnic member of Lethbridge’s community who is making a difference.)