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The History of women in Canada is the study of the historical experiences of women living in Canada and the laws and legislation affecting Canadian women. In colonial period of Canadian history, Indigenous women's roles were often challenged by Christian missionaries, and their marriages to European fur traders often brought their communities into greater contact with the outside world.
Presentation of petition by Political Equality League for enfranchisement of women, Winnipeg, 23 December 1915 Political cartoon commenting on women's voting rights in Quebec, 1930. Women's suffrage in Canada occurred at different times in different jurisdictions to different demographics of women. Women's right to vote began in the three ...
Women also established and became involved with organizations to advance women's rights, including suffrage. In 1893, the National Council of Women of Canada was formed which was designed to bring together representatives of different women's groups across Canada, providing a network for women to communicate their concerns and ideas. [9]
4.3 1920s. 4.4 1930s. 4.5 ... (The first predominantly Muslim country in the world to give equal rights to men and women.) Canada ... Timeline of women's legal rights ...
Hannah Gale was elected to Calgary City Council in 1917, becoming the first woman ever elected to any municipal office in Canada. However, women had previously served as school trustees. In 1920, Violet Barss became the first woman ever appointed as a reeve in Canada, in the village of Delia, Alberta. [60] (Reeve is a position similar to mayor ...
Timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting) represents formal changes and reforms regarding women's rights. That includes actual law reforms as well as other formal changes, such as reforms through new interpretations of laws by precedents. The right to vote is exempted from the timeline: for that right, see Timeline of women's suffrage.
1920 – The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, ensuring the right of women to vote. 1923 – The first version of an Equal Rights Amendment is introduced.
The Dominion Elections Act [1] (French: Acte des élections fédérales) [13] was a bill passed by the House of Commons of Canada in 1920, under Robert Borden's Unionist government. The Act allowed white women to run for the Parliament of Canada .