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Beyond the Vote: Canadian Women and Politics (U of Toronto Press, 1989). Sawer, Marian, and Jill Vickers. "Women's constitutional activism in Australia and Canada." Canadian Journal of Women and Law 13 (2001): 1+. Strong-Boag, Veronica (2016). "Women's Suffrage in Canada". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Toronto: Historica Canada. OCLC 21411669
Women also established and became involved with organizations to advance women's rights, including suffrage. In 1893, the National Council of Women of Canada was formed which was designed to bring together representatives of different women's groups across Canada, providing a network for women to communicate their concerns and ideas. [9]
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
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.
During WWI, Denmark, Russia, Germany, and Poland also recognized women's right to vote. Canada gave right to vote to some women in 1917; women getting vote on same basis as men in 1920, that is, men and women of certain races or status being excluded from voting until 1960, when universal adult suffrage was achieved. [42]
Canada: Canada granted women the right to vote on the federal level (the last province to enact women's suffrage was Quebec in 1940.) [219] United Kingdom: The Representation of the People Act was passed which allowed women over the age of 30 who met a property qualification to vote.
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The agency also led the celebration in 2016 of the 100th Anniversary of Women's First Right to Vote in Canada. [7] Status of Women Canada' has led events like Women's History Month, International Day of the Girl, and October 18, the day that Women were officially recognized as legal persons, appropriately called Persons Day.