Lucy Margaret Baker

Lucy Baker (1836 – 30 May 1909) was the first female teacher and missionary in present-day Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.

[1] Baker was born in Summertown, Glengarry County, Ontario,[1] and raised from a young age by her aunt.

She moved to New Orleans not long afterwards to co-own another women's school just before the American Civil War.

In 1879, minister Donald Ross asked Baker to teach at a missionary school in Prince Albert, on behalf of the Presbyterian church.

In 1890, Baker relocated to the Makoce Washte reserves in present-day South Dakota, where she served as chief instructor at a school for Sioux refugees.