HIST 3533 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Montreal Gazette, Husting, 20Th Century Women
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Nov. 11 the new woman and first wave feminisms: interpreting battles around women and the vote. Film: and we knew how to dance: women in world war i, (nfb, 1993, 55 min: bettina bradbury, women at the hustings: gender, citizenship, and the montreal by- Primary source: election poll book 1832 categories based on ethnicity, gender, martial status, occupations editor. Womens history is perceived as a gradual but steady improvement in women lot, beginning with oppression. Women were likely to have their votes contested and disqualified and sometime, and sometimes risked their. Women regained the right to vote on les restrictive terms over the course of the 20th century. Women approaching the polls wold later be described as a perilous act. Women made up 14% of the citizens seeking to express their political choice in this tumultuous by election. Persons admitted to vote had to be 21 years old, a natural citizen or subject of his majesty and most.