Sgt. Eva May Roy is one of many Black women who served in the Canadian Forces during the Second World War — people whose stories are largely missing from the public record.
Canadian war artist Molly Lamb Bobak painted this portrait in 1946 of Eva May Roy when she was a private working at a canteen for the Canadian Women's Army Corps.
"This painting of Private Roy has been part of the public imagination for decades," said Laura Brandon, a retired curator of war art at the Canadian War Museum. "It's well known, but Roy's story is not."Roy died in 1990, having retired from the military with a sergeant's rank. She's one of many Black women who served in the Canadian Forces during the Second World War — people whose stories are largely missing from the public record.
Stacey Barker, Canadian War Museum historian of art and military history, recently combed through Canadian Forces records to uncover more about the person behind the painting. "Only one in nine Canadian women in the army served overseas. So it was amazing that she was able to do that." "There's no official reason why she didn't make it, but we have to remember she would have been the only Black woman in the chorus," said Morin-Pelletier. "So it's easy to read behind the lines."
She has another painting of her grandmother hanging in her house. Her photo albums are filled with black-and-white images of Roy in her uniform and doing track-and-field."People would gravitate toward her," said Shannon Roy. "Just for her smile alone."
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