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The Woman Suffrage Movement in Canada (2nd ed. U of Toronto Press, 1974) full text online; Domareki, Sarah. "Canadian Identity, Women's Suffrage, and the Rights of Women: A Comparative Analysis of the Stories and Activism of Nellie McClung and Thérèse Casgrain." American Review of Canadian Studies 48.2 (2018): 221-243.
Helena Gutteridge fought for women's suffrage in BC. Organizing around women's suffrage in Canada peaked in the mid-1910s. Various franchise clubs were formed, and in Ontario, the Toronto Women's Literary Club was established in 1876 as a guise for suffrage activities, though by 1883 it was renamed the Toronto Women's Suffrage Association. [13]
The Canadian Women's Suffrage Association, originally called the Toronto Women's Literary Guild, was an organization based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that fought for women's rights. After the association had been inactive for a while, the leaders founded the Dominion Women's Enfranchisement Association in 1889. [1]
Chambers of the Senate of Canada in Centre Block. Women were made eligible for the Senate after a petition from the Famous Five resulted in a court decision that concluded the term persons encompassed women. On 27 August 1927, the five women, who became known as the Famous Five, sent a petition to the Governor General of Canada. [12]
In 1876, Stowe founded the Toronto Women's Literary Club, renamed the Canadian Women's Suffrage Association in 1883. [6] This has led some to consider Stowe the mother of the suffrage movement in Canada. The Literary Club campaigned for improved working conditions for women and pressured schools in Toronto to accept women into higher education. [5]
Women wanted the same opportunities as men, most notably -- the right to vote. Thus the w omen's suffrage movement was born. SEE ALSO: A few (of many) incredible women throughout history
The 35-year-old playwright stars in a musical about women's fight for the vote. How the creator of ‘Suffs’ turned women’s suffrage into a surprise Broadway hit—just in time for a historic ...
Louise McKinney (1868–1931) – politician, women's rights activist, Alberta legislature; Emily Murphy (1868–1933) – women's rights activist, jurist, author [1] Irene Parlby (1868–1965) – women's farm leader, activist, politician; Eliza Ritchie (1856–1933) – educator and member of the executive of the Local Council of Women of Halifax
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