Suffrage
~During the war women watched their husbands, sons and loved ones go off to war.They stayed behind to take care of the responsibilities of family life alone. many also suffered from loved ones dying in the war. Women played a big role in Canada’s industrial achievements. They worked in textile factories and other industries but had been kept out of jobs in heavy industries. About 30,000 stepped in to take up jobs in machine shops, metal factories, munition plants, aircraft factories, and shipyards across Canada. They also worked on street cars, buses, and worked in the police forces, for banks and insurance companies. Many Women also crossed overseas to make contributions. 2400 women took jobs as nurses in military hospitals. Some …show more content…
The cause was even less popular in New Brunswick, which approved women's suffrage on April 17th, 1919. Prince Edward Island, with practically no popular agitation, changed its Election Act on May 3rd, 1922, and Newfoundland women gained the vote on April 13th, 1925. In Nova Scotia, PEI and Newfoundland, the right to stand for provincial office accompanied voting rights, but New Brunswick avoided that radical step until March 9th, 1934. In Québec, under the courageous leadership of Thérèse Casgrain, the struggle continued until April 25th, 1940, when women finally achieved the provincial counterpart to the federal vote they had been exercising for over 20 years.
~Increasing numbers of women are found in politics. Canadian women only began to consider careers in politics seriously in the 1970s, having learned in the preceding half century that winning the vote was only a first step in a movement, far from over, for fundamental political and social change. As of 2011, the greatest number of women (76) had been elected to the House of Commons and as of 2013, the greatest number (12) had become Cabinet ministers. A total of 38 women had been appointed to the Senate. Meanwhile, as of 2013, six women premiers governed 85 per cent of the population of
~During the war women watched their husbands, sons and loved ones go off to war.They stayed behind to take care of the responsibilities of family life alone. many also suffered from loved ones dying in the war. Women played a big role in Canada’s industrial achievements. They worked in textile factories and other industries but had been kept out of jobs in heavy industries. About 30,000 stepped in to take up jobs in machine shops, metal factories, munition plants, aircraft factories, and shipyards across Canada. They also worked on street cars, buses, and worked in the police forces, for banks and insurance companies. Many Women also crossed overseas to make contributions. 2400 women took jobs as nurses in military hospitals. Some …show more content…
The cause was even less popular in New Brunswick, which approved women's suffrage on April 17th, 1919. Prince Edward Island, with practically no popular agitation, changed its Election Act on May 3rd, 1922, and Newfoundland women gained the vote on April 13th, 1925. In Nova Scotia, PEI and Newfoundland, the right to stand for provincial office accompanied voting rights, but New Brunswick avoided that radical step until March 9th, 1934. In Québec, under the courageous leadership of Thérèse Casgrain, the struggle continued until April 25th, 1940, when women finally achieved the provincial counterpart to the federal vote they had been exercising for over 20 years.
~Increasing numbers of women are found in politics. Canadian women only began to consider careers in politics seriously in the 1970s, having learned in the preceding half century that winning the vote was only a first step in a movement, far from over, for fundamental political and social change. As of 2011, the greatest number of women (76) had been elected to the House of Commons and as of 2013, the greatest number (12) had become Cabinet ministers. A total of 38 women had been appointed to the Senate. Meanwhile, as of 2013, six women premiers governed 85 per cent of the population of