Our Rights

A hundred years ago this month women in Manitoba were the first women in Canada allowed to vote. Women though were still not legally considered people till 15 years later.








 1. If half of the adults in Canada could not vote and were not legally considered people, what would that mean for Canadian society and the decisions made by the people in power?



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2. What issues were the Women's Christian Temperance  Union concerned about?



3. In 1918 when women (but not all women) gained  the right to vote, Canada was at war, a war supported by the government. How did this influence how women got the vote?



4. What did the Supreme Court of Canada unanimously (all agreed) say about women being people?



5. What rights should exist in Canada that presently don't exist. Or, what rights do you think people shouldn't have but presently do.