It does seem odd to be celebrating the birthday of someone who hasn't been around since 1901. And what did she do for us anyway? I wonder if the holiday is kept alive just to piss off the Quebecois? At any rate, once a stat comes into existence, we're never going to give it up, that's for sure. As for changing the name, that would piss off a lot of elderly British expats, who have nothing to lose and are not to be trifled with. I don't know much about her...she was probably a jolly old sort, but isn't it enough that we named a road after her?