HISTORY 3N03 Lecture 5: 3N03 Jan 18
7 Feb 2017
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History 3n03: poverty, privilege and protest in canadian history. The limits and possibilities of first wave feminism. The first canadian federal franchise act (1885) formally excluded all women; the majority of. It was not until 1916 that the provinces started to extend the provincial franchise to most but not all women. Manitoba was the first province to do so in 1916. Quebec was the last province to do so in 1940. In 1917, ottawa retrieved control of the federal franchise, first with the war time elections act, which gave the vote to women with close relations in the armed services, marking a small victory for a small number of people. In 1918, extended the vote to women on the same basis of men (still excluded the majority of indigenous and asian people) Wo(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s suffrage struggles preo(cid:272)(cid:272)upied a(cid:374) e(cid:374)tire ge(cid:374)eratio(cid:374) of (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) Suffragists were usually women, but sometimes included men.
