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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.
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.
The Women's Franchise Act is an act of the Parliament of Canada.Passed in 1918, the act allowed female citizens of Canada to vote in federal elections. [1] [2] [3] Universal suffrage was not attained in 1918, as women electors had to meet the same requirements as men in order to vote.
Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald (1864–1922) – writer; president, Women's Suffrage Association of Nelson, British Columbia; Nellie McClung (1873–1951) – politician, author, social activist, member of The Famous Five; Sarah Galt Elwood McKee (1842–1934) – social reformer and temperance leader
She joined the Canadian Suffrage Association in 1906 when it was founded by Augusta Stowe-Gullen and became an active member and campaigner. [9] In 1906, Denison traveled to Copenhagen as Canada's delegate to the International Woman Suffrage Alliance. [3] She also attended the International Woman's Suffrage Alliance convention in Budapest in 1913.
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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 Famous Five (French: Célèbres cinq), also known as The Valiant Five, [1] and initially as The Alberta Five, were five prominent Canadian suffragists who advocated for women and children: Henrietta Muir Edwards, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, Emily Murphy, and Irene Parlby. [2]