the women's movement Flashcards
the women’s movement was conservative in wanting to uphold ________________________
British/Christian values for white Canadians
the women’s movement wanted the vote for themselves but wanted to ensure that ______________
minority Canadians did not have it or a voice
what were the two feminist groups?
maternal and equal rights
what was maternal feminism?
want the vote to make sure life within the home would not change (against foreigners, change labour for their children, introduce prohibition)
what was equal rights feminism?
the vote is all that matters
who was Nellie McClung?
a leader in women’s suffrage
in 1916, Nellie McClung campaigned hard to ______________
give women the provincial vote
1916
what did Manitoba’s new Liberal government allow on January 28th, 1916?
gave women the right to vote provincially
1916
where did Nellie McClung move to after Manitoba and why?
Alberta and Saskatchewan to force the vote there
1916
appalled by women’s treatment in gender bias courts, ________ petitioned the Alberta government for __________
Emily Murphy / a separate women’s court
1916
was the separate women’s court granted?
yes
1916
who became the first female magistrate in the Dominion of Canada?
Emily Murphy
1916
what was a magistrate?
a judge
1916
what was Emily Murphy told on her first day as a judge?
she was not eligible to be a judge because “she was not a person” according to the BNA Act
1917
Robert Borden granted ___________
women the vote under the Wartimes Elections Act
