Over the last century, there have been many reforms made in society, but the most important one is the Movement of women in Canada. For many years Canadian women were suffering because they did not have equal rights as men, which of course is unfair because it was primarily based on gender. Some women dedicated their lives to fighting for women to have the rights they deserve. Some of the rights that women never used to have included; having the right to vote, being able to decide either or not they want an abortion or decide on their own about contraceptive methods. Canada’s history has been significantly influenced by copious amounts of motivated women who worked towards the shared goal of improving gender equality in Canada. Some of these
…show more content…
These achievements consisted of provinces that allowed women to vote early during WW1, The Wartime Elections Act 1917 which gave women with close relatives serving in the war permission to vote and finally in 1918 the Federal government granted all Canadian women the vote federally. The Canadian movement for suffrage was the most part non-violent “…even when the movement lost a unifying focus and much of its surge when suffrage was achieved and when significant irreparable cracks appeared in the coalition as a result of disagreements over World War 1 (1914-18) it did not disappear” (Newman and White 659). Hence why the activists did not stop there, they continued to fight for suffrage. But, even after all the fighting, and obstacles women have conquered and the efforts they have made there are still many laws and rights that need to be changed. Women should be able to vote on legislation that are about themselves. Why are the men creating laws that have to do with women only? It is not something that will be affecting the men. Society is by no means perfect, and women are continuing to fight on a daily basis so women and men can be considered equal. Just like the American presidential election that just occurred in Canada, there will hopefully be a female prime minister elected into parliament within the decade. These examples show how far things have come, but more has to be done. Right now in the workplace women are being paid less than men even if they have the same position, there should be laws set in place against this from
These achievements consisted of provinces that allowed women to vote early during WW1, The Wartime Elections Act 1917 which gave women with close relatives serving in the war permission to vote and finally in 1918 the Federal government granted all Canadian women the vote federally. The Canadian movement for suffrage was the most part non-violent “…even when the movement lost a unifying focus and much of its surge when suffrage was achieved and when significant irreparable cracks appeared in the coalition as a result of disagreements over World War 1 (1914-18) it did not disappear” (Newman and White 659). Hence why the activists did not stop there, they continued to fight for suffrage. But, even after all the fighting, and obstacles women have conquered and the efforts they have made there are still many laws and rights that need to be changed. Women should be able to vote on legislation that are about themselves. Why are the men creating laws that have to do with women only? It is not something that will be affecting the men. Society is by no means perfect, and women are continuing to fight on a daily basis so women and men can be considered equal. Just like the American presidential election that just occurred in Canada, there will hopefully be a female prime minister elected into parliament within the decade. These examples show how far things have come, but more has to be done. Right now in the workplace women are being paid less than men even if they have the same position, there should be laws set in place against this from