women in canada
Throughout our history, women have contributed to shaping a strong Canadian society. The achievements of five highly motivated and determined women have had a major impact on our country. ... Her main concerns were rural life, prohibition movements and women’s rights. She was viewed as practical and unrealistic for the ideas she had for women and the right’s she wanted for women. ... Opportunities for women to have careers were limited in 1889. Many Universities didn’t allow women into professional facilities. ... Later Nellie started working with women’s temperance union. She founded many organizations that supported women and fought for their rights. Nellie McClung played a major role in making Manitoba the first province allowing women to vote. In 1916 it later became the right of all women to vote, largely due to Nellie’s efforts. She was a major player in the “Persons case”, 1927-1929 in which the highest court appeal in Canada recognized the word “persons” as both males and females. Thus this opened the door into political life for Canadian women. ... In 1919 women gained the right to run for parliament. Macphail was elected in 1921, the first federal election in which women had the right to vote. ... She represented women’s issues and founded the Elizabeth Fry society of Canada. ... Therese’s greatest achievement was her work for women’s suffrage in Quebec which was the last Canadian province to give women the vote before world war II? ... She founded “Voice of Women”, a group working to go against nuclear weapons.