If you happen to drive through the new Rockingham South neighbourhood near Clayton Park in Halifax, check out the street names: Carrie Best Court, Ruth Goldbloom Drive, Eliza Ritchie Cresent as well as streets named after Theresa McNeil and Marie M. Rose — all prominent Nova Scotian women.

"I was once at an event in Westmount in Halifax West and I noticed that all the streets are named after veterans," said developer Wadih Fares, president of WM Fares Fares.

'Great women recognized'

The Rockingham South subdivision is expected to be completed in the next seven years. (Anjuli Patil/CBC)

"I said it would be neat to have a theme for the subdivision and so I decided to name the streets after famous Nova Scotia women."

Fares personally chose each woman from the municipality's list of available commemorative names.

"I'm really happy I was able to do that. It's great to have great women recognized this way."

Carrie Best

Carrie Best was the first black woman in Nova Scotia to start a newspaper. (CBC)

New Glasgow born Carrie Best was the first black woman in Nova Scotia to start and run her own newspaper, The Clarion. The journalist and social activist helped tell Viola Desmond's story.

Like Desmond, Best was arrested for disturbing the peace when she sat in the whites only section of the same movie theatre in the 1940s. Best became a member of the of Order of Canada in 1974 for her work.

Ruth Goldbloom

For Fares, including New Waterford born Ruth Goldbloom was personal. The philanthropist was the co-founder of Halifax's Pier 21 Museum and was a close friend.

Though Goldbloom donated her time to a number of causes, it was her determination to create an immigration museum at Pier 21 for which she'll be best remembered. (Andrew Vaughan/THE CANADIAN PRESS)

"Ruth Goldbloom was great for our city," he said.

Goldbloom was made an Officer to the Order of Canada in 2000.

Eliza Ritchie

In 1889, Halifax's Eliza Ritchie was one of the first women in Canada to receive a PhD. She was the first woman to be a member of Dalhousie University's board of governors.

Eliza Ritchie was a feminist from Halifax who was the first female member of Dalhousie University's board of governors. (Library and Archives of Canada)

Ritchie was a feminist and was involved in the women's suffrage movement.

Marie Marguerite Rose

The municipality describes Marie Marguerite Rose as a key figure in the initial phase of freeing black slaves. She was born in Guinea, Africa, in the 1700s and brought to Louisbourg as a slave.

In this photo, heritage presenter Charlene Kirton portrays Marie Marguerite Rose at the Fortress of Louisbourg. (http://www.fortressrum.com/)

When she was freed, she opened a tavern and became a part of the local business community. A tour operates out of the Fortress of Louisbourg that highlights her life.

Theresa McNeil

​Theresa McNeil was the first female high sheriff in Canada. She entered the workforce to support her 17 children after her husband died suddenly in 1973. She became high sheriff of Annapolis County four years later.

McNeil is Premier Stephen McNeil's mother.

​Fares says he hopes to hold an official ribbon cutting for the streets in the future.