CC203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: White Slavery, Cairine Wilson, Emily Murphy
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Feminized justice- issues related to women and equality for society, writing about what happened to women in the past, women studies. Middle class, church women called maternal feminist (first wave) Other jurisdictions in canada also updated their courts to offer feminized justice. They were male run and male spectators including the press, were welcome. In the 1990s 1 in 5 marriages lasted. 1921, the police magistrate"s act was amended in ontario to allow. Petty female criminals- crimes committed were mostly stealing. White slavery- white women being forced in trafficking and prostitution against their. Believe that they could reform women out of prostitution, and cut down on the birth. Women had a lot of power because of the new roles that they had in society, they would speak out against issues because there were trying to have reforms. Dr. patterson, toronto"s first female magistrate, led the crusade for women"s court. Always promoted girls so they would get more education.
