White Women In Canada

For the majority of history the “white” male has been seen dominant over everyone. For centuries places such as Europe have been ruled over by caucasian men with women taking the role as a child bearer, while other minority races were viewed as savages and the lowest of lows. Effects of this systems cans till be seen today. Only fairly recently in the history of mankind have women and people of other ethnicities been able to do such basic things as voting or being treated equally. One of the most important reprimands of this injustice is sen from within government, more importantly the rights and freedoms that are guaranteed to women and minority groups, such as the First Nations peoples. More specifically, the fights these groups had to go …show more content…
Women had worked hard towards suffrage, a privilege that was only subjectable to white male landowners. Caucasian men had held the power in all of the aspects in Canada. In fact the British North America Act of 1867 had formally excluded women from voting, this led to a flashpoint for women's suffrage, a fight that would last for years. Peoples did not want to hear or care for what woman ad to say, particularly men did not wish for a woman's opinion to have any place within politics. By giving women the ability to vote, the rules of society and social casting at the time would be broken, they would be gaining enfranchisement against social stereotypes and prejudices. Suffragists were imprisoned, and their demonstrations were quite violent. In the very end women gained the right to vote and were slowly becoming more and more free from their stereotypes. In conclusion, it took a lot of racist and sexist prejudices for First Nations people and Women to overcome to gain recognition for their rights and other civil