21h 49min, may 24, 1918 y - Womenś Rights
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Women were seen as objects and were deemed lower than men (based on hierarchy). Womenś suffrage is a right for women to vote in political elections, campaigns. This movement was struggling for decades as women were protesting. Very few women in Quebec (Lower Canada), Ontario (Canada West), and Maritimes were able to vote in Quebec political elections and campaigns. 1843, New Brunswick, placed women and men in separate spheres.
Ontario, debate about women’s suffrage produced the Toronto Women’s Literary Club (TWLC), a group who is determined for higher education and intellectual development, including the physical welfare and employment conditions of female workers.
Fast forward through time, January 28th, 1916 women of Manitoba became the first province in Canada to give voting rights for women, along with many more provinces. Ontario finally gave voting rights to women in April 12th, 1917.
May 24th, 1918, the female citizens (not including under racial or Indigenous exclusions) aged 21 and over, were allowed to vote in Federal elections.
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