HIST 2930 Lecture 11: Week 11 - Women, Families, and Reproductive Rights in the Interwar and Postwar Eras
5 Dec 2016
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Week 11 - women, families, and reproductive rights in the interwar and postwar eras: women"s rights ca. First world war: wwi prompts discussions of the social issues facing people at the time, including the right to vote. Troops overseas fighting for peace; women fighting from the home front for rights and recognition. Also for prohibition (drinking leads to social ills, depravity) Workers rights: war used to help women justify their desire for vote. If women had the right to vote, wwi wouldn"t have happened; wanting input on politics, war. Knew key to getting men to enlist is through the women (women often had a say in whether husbands/sons went to war) Bates them w the vote; support conscription & i"ll try to help w the vote. Changes to laws = provincial vote: 1916 - western provinces allow women to vote, on 1917, maritimes - 1918-22, qu 1944. Federal vote: military voter"s act - 1917.
