Women of the year throwback: 8 Canadians who rocked the ’80s and ’90s

The year: 1997

Chatelaine turned its lens on the women staking their claim in cyberspace just before the turn of the millennium. “She’s logging on and jumping into the world of software and hard drives, Email and the web — she’s us and she’s you,” read the feature. It also (cheekily) went on to point out gender differences in how men and women use the ’net: men as a “toy,” and women as a “tool.” Some things never change.

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