Louise McKinney

Over the many years and wars that Canada has gone through. The identity of Canada has been shaped differently, from each of the topics that I have researched I believe that Canada 's identity has been shaped in a positive way. Dating back to when the women from Manitoba have shaped Canada 's identity they have greatly shaped it when they were able to win the right to vote in January 1916. Winning the right for women to vote was a great accomplishment for women 's rights in Canada. When the…

Five/Famous Five” monument in terms of the development of Canadian law. Include what the case was about, when it got resolved and what was its outcome. The Valiant Five were a group of five Alberta women: Emily Murphy, Irene Parlby, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, and Henrietta Muir Edwards. They petitioned the Supreme Court of Canada to answer the question “Does the word ‘Persons’ in section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, include females?”. They wanted women to be legally…

Changing the role for women Throughout the ages women struggled to prove that they were persons. In Canada, women were not considered persons until 1929. Many women dedicated their lives to help make change that everyone value now days. Women had very few rights in the beginning 1900’s and certainly no political rights. The father was the head of the household and was the primary source of income. The role of women was to maintain the cleanliness and organization of the house. All…

Man is Inherently Good Various philosophers and scholars throughout history have believed that mankind is ultimately evil. This conviction is shared by the author William Golding and is expressed in his novel Lord of the Flies. Golding argues that when a group of people are left alone to fend for themselves, the results will be disastrous. He also supports the theory that all institutions are inherently evil in their nature. Humans are known to naturally choose hate over love, revenge over…

career until she was married to her husband in 1896 Robert Wesley McClung. She was an effective speaker who won the audiences with humor. She was also a part of the “famous five” in 1927 that contained Emily Murphy, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Louise Crummy McKinney and Irene Parlby. The same five activists had started a petition for the supreme court to have women declared as “qualified persons”. Nellie McClung is very important to Canadian history because she fought for women to have more rights.…

"I am a believer in women, in their ability to do things and in their influence and power. Women set the standards for the world, and it is for us, women in Canada, to set the standards high" (www.famouscanadianwomen.com). These are wise words from Nellie McClung, Canadian feminist and social activist. In World War 1, women were a vital part of the war effort. Their contributions created an equal lifestyle for women in the modern world. The expectations and social roles women faced, pushed them…

Nellie McClung’s personal commitment to women’s rights saw her use both radical and conservative methods to challenge social and political roles for women while accepting existing gender roles. McClung, an English-Canadian suffragist, dominated the discussion of women’s rights during the early twentieth century. Her achievement as a writer, her ability to speak, and her personality were a combination that led her to victories (Strong-Boag, 58). As a result, the temperance fighter is remembered…

“Dear Mr. Laughlin, It has been suggested by Professor Irving Fisher of Yale that I write you concerning a suggestion which I made to him that sometime during the International Birth Control Conference there be a round-table discussion between the Eugenics group and the friends of Birth Control… “ Margaret Sanger, Sanger Letter (E-1-1), Truman State Special Collections, March 13, 1925. The connection between American first wave feminism and the eugenics movement, at first glance seems unusual.…

September 1922.(Norman, 2006, 4). Chanak Affair (political) In 1922 there was a dispute in the Balkans in an area called Chanak.(West, N/A, 1). Due to the Treaty of Sevres, after Turkey’s defeat in WW1, forces from France, Greece, and Britain were stationed on broad fractions of western Turkey. (Norman, 2006, 3). The Greek army was pushed out of Turkey by nationalist Turkey forces who disapproved of foreign troops.(Norman, 2006, 4). Troops from Britain, who were stationed in Turkey were being…

gained by women. The purpose of the Persons Case was to allow women to be able to run for Senate or any other figure for the government. It took a couple of tries but the five Canadian women, Emily Murphy, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney and Irene Parlby, got women the right to be apart of the government. These women had a large amount of faith for women in Canada and across the world. Emily Murphy once said, “I believe that never was a country better adapted to produce a…