Edwards Vs Canada

The book Women’s Suffrage is a part of the series, Turning Points in World History. In this book, there are many discussions about women’s suffrage. The book opens with a foreword, introduction and a brief history of women’s suffrage. All six chapters are broken into sub-topics discussing the things that happened during the women’s suffrage and the effect of the women’s suffrage movement. Women’s suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections.

Elsie MacGill wasn’t your average girl during the mid-1900’s. She wanted to help for the greater of human kind in all aspects of things. She wanted to be the best and in her case she was. Elsie, along with her mother were set a lot “firsts” and were top to the some of the world’s best. Elsie loved contributed to society and many other things in her lifetime including fighting for women’s rights, designing airplanes for the Second World War Elsie was born on March 27th, 1905 in Vancouver, British Columbia.

The Seneca Falls Convention, the first women’s rights convention, was organized discuss the lack of rights for women, as well as their social and religious positions. During this convention, the Declaration of Sentiments was signed, calling for an alteration in these positions. Lucretia Mott, one of the orchestrators of the convention, went on to become the first president of the American Equal Rights Association. She and other women helped stand up not only for their rights, but those of other underprivileged groups, including slaves. The humanitarian nature of Mott and other reformers such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucy Stone helped gain them recognition in the public

Susan B. Anthony was a strong feminist who gave her Women’s Right To Suffrage speech in 1873. Although she was white and was privileged in many ways more than minorities, she didn’t have as much rights as men at the time, for it was the sexist men who were considered the leaders of the country. They believed that women didn’t deserve rights, that they were only allowed to aide their husbands and their children. They couldn’t take on a responsibility a man could, and in her eyes, that was despicable.

Susan helps make a difference and all the other people didn’t do what Susan did. In the article, Anthony saw in the amendment a legal case of the right of women to vote. Later in the article, it said Selden argued that his client was on trial simply for being women. In the quote, “ has the prisoner anything to say why sentence should not be pronounced?” This was the opportunity that Anthony was waiting for.

The government did not care what women were feeling and how they were being treated. On January 1, 1916, one of the members, Emily Murphy, became the first female to be a judge in the Commonwealth. Her first day in court, lawyers would begin their presentation by objecting to having a case being heard by a woman judge because they said, women were not defined as ‘people’ by the British North America Act of 1867. In fact, the term of that act said that women were people, “in matters of pain and penalties” but “not people in matters of rights and privileges” (Cruickshank 5). Then the Person’s Case begun and it was a historical significance to Canada’s

(Ware 1). A woman’s life back then was so much different from life today. Women now have the right to vote, own land, and have leadership roles. Women now have all of the rights that anybody else

Shortly after, women got the right to vote in provincial elections in P.E.I. and also married women in Alberta the same legal capacity as men. Finally in 1929 women are appointed as a person like men, this being the most significant of events. The movement has made us better than before in making humans civil.

Throughout Canada's history, its culture has been influenced by European culture and traditions, especially British and French, and by its own indigenous cultures. Socially, the country would’ve kept to it’s old methods, voices and decisions of some individuals that altered the past for a better future. One example of this would be the women’s liberation movement. It targeted the advancement of females in the workplace and the issues they had to deal with. If this was a movement that was not successful, there may not have been women at very high and successful positions who were idealized by the citizens.

The women of this movement were fighting for something they believed they deserve. Because of the Seneca Falls Convention and the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolution, women were able to express their own opinions. The women’s rights movement led to many different events, impacted other countries, and created a new amendment. The feminist efforts in the mid 1800s were successful enough to allow women to take on occupations and educations they weren’t able to obtain

The Persons Case, a Defining Moment for Canada. Madeleine Balfour History 111 Dr. Denis Dubord May 26, 2017 In 2015, the Prime Minister of Canada announced a gender balanced cabinet in which half of its members were women. However, it was not until the Emily Murphy and the Famous Five won the Persons Case, a mere 88 years ago, that women were legally considered people. In the mid to late 19th century, political, and public life was largely run by men at the provincial and municipal levels.

Murphy's significance can be seen as the result of her actions developed Canada into a well respected and enhanced country due to the influence she had on the 1930, Senator Cairine Wilson, would not have been selected as a Senator, if Emily Murphy did not persevere during the Person's Case. Due to Emily Murphy and her actions, Cairine Wilson had an massive impact on Canada as she dealt with prominent problems within society. Cairine Wilson's dealings improved the country and began to solve troubles within the public. Canada emerged as a country being known as just and fair since Cairine Wilson petitioned the problems she thought were outstanding.

That is the right to vote. Many men during this time had very onservitive views on what a women is allowed to do. They expected very little from them and women were frowned upon for voicing their opinons. Jane Addams changes all that and gave the women the couage and confidence they needed to fight for what they deserve. Some even called her the “key voice of women and a key progressice reformer” (teachinghistory.org).

It gave women the right to vote which had an enormous impact on American society and culture and subsequently lead to other major benefits for women. Women didn’t have many rights before the Women’s Suffrage Movement. They could not vote, couldn’t own any property after marriage, or if married couldn 't keep their own wages. Men could of beaten their wife

“Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.” a quote said by Timothy leary a former male american psychologist and writer. In the early 1900’s women did not have the simple right of voting, during those times men were given all the power even if they were abusive towards women it was acceptable. Now a days women have overcome many of these obstacles, not only with the right to vote but by having one of the biggest names in history are women. Everyone thinks that there is nothing but equal rights and everyone if given what they deserve.