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The History of women in Canada is the study of the historical experiences of women living in Canada and the laws and legislation affecting Canadian women. In colonial period of Canadian history, Indigenous women's roles were often challenged by Christian missionaries, and their marriages to European fur traders often brought their communities into greater contact with the outside world.
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]
After one of the 10 male MLAs resigned his seat in 2021, the resulting by-election was won by a woman, making the Northwest Territories the first jurisdiction in Canadian history to have an outright majority of its legislators be women. [4] As of 2010, Canada ranked 50th in the world for women's participation in politics, with women holding ...
Moses (2010, pp. 76–77) cites several key sources on the long history of women student organizing in Canada going back to the late 1800s and suggests that "NUS women's student activism of the 1970s should not be viewed as an entirely new phenomenon arising amidst the clamour and legacy of 1960s liberation struggles".
The most women first ministers at any one time was six, for 277 days from 11 February to 15 November 2013. These six included the premiers of Canada's four most populated provinces; during that time, approximately 88% of Canadians had a female premier.
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Agnes Macphail, Canada's first Woman MP. First two women serving at the same time in a legislature anywhere in Canada: Alberta MLAs Louise McKinney and Roberta McAdams, served 1917 to 1921; First woman candidates in a federal election. Five women ran in the first federal election in which women were allowed to become candidates (1921). (Note ...
Tommy Prince MM (1915–1977) – one of Canada's most decorated soldiers, member of the Devil's Brigade; James Ralston PC (1881–1948) – Co-Minister of Defence during World War II; Thomas Ricketts VC (1901–1967) – recipient of the Victoria Cross (Newfoundlander at the time of his award) Harold A. Rogers OC OBE (1889–1994) – founder ...