PSCI 2002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Agnes Macphail, Nellie Mcclung, Henry Morgentaler
29 Nov 2017
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Chapter 7: gender: women in canada before 1970. Women were historically subordinate to men in both law and society. For example, even after confederation, women had to fork over their earnings to their husbands, and were denied university admission. This began to change in the 1870s and. Around 1900, women began to be conscious of their subordinate status and wanted policy changes such as on alcohol, children, health, housing, marriage and divorce, and regulation of working conditions. Among those first elected were nellie mcclung in alberta, and agnes macphail in the house of commons in 1921, the first election in which women generally had the vote. Even though few women were elected, they continued to advocate, and many policy changes were soon made, e. g. mothers" allowances, child welfare, child labour, and divorce. For example, in 1925 women were allowed to divorce on grounds of adultery without claiming other abuse from their husbands.
