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The Woman Suffrage Movement in Canada (2nd ed. U of Toronto Press, 1974) full text online; Domareki, Sarah. "Canadian Identity, Women's Suffrage, and the Rights of Women: A Comparative Analysis of the Stories and Activism of Nellie McClung and Thérèse Casgrain." American Review of Canadian Studies 48.2 (2018): 221-243.
This is a list of Canadian suffragists and suffragettes who were born in Canada or whose lives and works are closely associated with that country. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
The Famous Five (French: Célèbres cinq), also known as The Valiant Five, [1] and initially as The Alberta Five, were five prominent Canadian suffragists who advocated for women and children: Henrietta Muir Edwards, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, Emily Murphy, and Irene Parlby. [2]
Mary Richardson (1882–1961) – Canadian suffragette, arsonist, head of the women's section of the British Union of Fascists; Edith Rigby (1872–1948) – founder of St. Peter's School, prominent activist; Margaret Robertson (1892–1967) – campaigner; organiser of the Election Fighting Fund
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The Canadian Women's Suffrage Association, originally called the Toronto Women's Literary Guild, was an organization based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that fought for women's rights. After the association had been inactive for a while, the leaders founded the Dominion Women's Enfranchisement Association in 1889.
This list of suffragists and suffragettes includes noted individuals active in the worldwide women's suffrage movement who have campaigned or strongly advocated for women's suffrage, the organisations which they formed or joined, and the publications which publicized – and, in some nations, continue to publicize– their goals.
Canadian future statesmen,—by having less temptation to contend with, would become more intelligent, for believe me, Kit, one half the men—politically speaking—are densely ignorant. [ 6 ] In 1890 the DWEA sponsored a suffrage bill, but without success. [ 7 ]