Alma Gould Dale

[2] On the tapestry, she is depicted driving a palomino team to a Quaker settlement in western Canada, which she drove in all weather.

[5][9] In a diary-style description of a visit to the western provinces, Jane Zavitz-Bond notes that Alma Dale was even seen up on the roof shingling.

[5] The Journal of the Canadian Friends Historical Association described her as a dynamic speaker able to arouse people's consciousness.

In the days before women were acknowledged as having public voices, she accepted speaking engagements in Canada, England, and New Zealand.

[4] Bessie Dann recalled a sermon from Dale when she was visiting Norwich, taken from the Proverbs text "The spider taketh hold with her hands and is in king's palaces.