Canadian Women Gain the Vote
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Women’s Issues, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, Feminism, Feminists, Women’s Rights, Elections, Voting
- Curriculum: Women’s History, Canadian History
- Geographical Location: Canada
- Date: September 20, 1917
Article abstract: A struggle that began in the 1880’s succeeds province by province.
Summary of Event
The struggle by women to achieve the right to vote in Canada spanned more than fifty years. With the exception of Quebec, the Canadian movement closely paralleled the one in the United States. Woman suffrage in Canada is indebted to the efforts of numerous women. Emily Howard Stowe, Canada’s first woman physician, emerged as one of the most active and successful women in the movement, working intensively for the advancement of Canadian women. Stowe...
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