Changing+Times+for+Women

Women in Politics
Let's start off with a youtube video about the women's rights movement in Canada... media type="youtube" key="GATXOFfkpQk?fs=1" height="385" width="480" 1. Based on the video, describe what life was like for women in the late 1800's. Make sure you have at least 3 points. 2. What did Nellie McClung do in Manitoba that was so successful?

 Hopes for political reform were high in 1920. Five women ran for office in the 1921 election, and one was elected. In fact, Agnes Macphail was the only woman elected (and re-elected) to Parliament during the 1920s. She spent a quarter-century in politics, actively supporting women's issues and social reforms in Parliament. Macphail was an excellent public speaker, respected by all for her sincere interest in improving people's lives. Many of the changes that she fought for are still part of Canadian society today, including a minimum wage and social benefits, prison reform, and equal status for women.

 The Persons Case
 If someone asked you to decide if women should be counted as "persons" you would probably think the question was a little odd. But back in the 1920s, the definition of "person," at least in the legal sense, was the focus of a high-profile legal battle that came to be called the Persons Case.

 Canada's laws were based on the British North America Act of 1867. The Act stated that only "fit and qualified persons" could be appointed to public positions, such as the Canadian Senate. A group of Alberta women, nicknamed the Famous Five, argued that "persons" included women, too. But the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that historically women were not included in the meaning of "persons" and thus had a "legal incapacity to hold public office."

 The Alberta women challenged this judgment at the higher court of the Privy Council of England. In 1929, it ruled that women were persons after all, and therefore eligible for public office. Now women legally had equal political status. The very next year, Cairine Wilson was appointed as the first woman to sit in the Senate of Canada.

 The Famous Five  - Nellie McClung  - Emily Murphy  - Henrietta Muir Edwards  - Louise McKinney  - Irene Parlby

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<span style="background-color: #e2e1e1; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">3. What do you think the problems with NOT recognizing people as equals are? Explain why you think the way you do.

<span style="background-color: #e2e1e1; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> 4. Pick one name and provide: <span style="background-color: #e2e1e1; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">a) Date of Birth and Date of Death <span style="background-color: #e2e1e1; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">b) Hometown (place born) <span style="background-color: #e2e1e1; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">c) 3 details about their life

<span style="background-color: #e2e1e1; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">5. Check out this LINK to a website about The Famous Five. Find 5 pieces of information NOT found in the wiki.