I’ve worked closely with women's missionary societies for over four decades. (2)For example, I advocate public libraries, mothers' allowances, equal parental rights, equal grounds for divorce, and penal reform. (3)I began my fight for women’s rights at my hometown in Montreal with my sister. This is a portrait of myself when I was young. (4)I founded the Working Girls Association (the precursor to the YWCA), which offered meals, reading rooms and study classes.
This is when women first began to work for political equality with men. They pushed for equal opportunities involving their careers, working conditions and wages, and the right to own property. A breakthrough came in 1916 when Robert Borden granted the sisters, wives, and daughters of soldiers the right to vote. Nurses serving in the forces were also added to that list. Unfortunately, after the war ended many women were pushed to the side, as the female factory workers, ambulance drivers, and nurses
3) This was a major accomplishment for all women who fought for equality B. Seneca Falls Convention 1) A convention in Seneca Falls New York organized by a group of Quaker Women discussing the role of women in society. 2) The Declaration of Sentiments was prepared by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. 3) Only 100 out of 300 signed but this was still another step forward for women. C. League of Women Voters (NAWSA) 1) Carrie Chapman Catt was a key woman in winning women’s voting rights. 2) In 1916 she revealed her “Winning Plan” and was backed by the House of Senate.
These major changes in women’s rights begin approximately 165 years ago. Although there have been many major events in the women’s movement, below is a timeline of four major events that I believe to significant. 1848: Five women, including young housewife and mother Elizabeth Cady Stanton, are having tea when the conversation turns to the situation of women in America. Within a week, they organize a two-day convention in Seneca Falls, N.Y., to discuss women's rights. There, participants sign a Declaration of Sentiments, which calls for equal treatment of women and men under the law and voting rights for women.
Judging Bertha Wilson: Law as Large as Life by Ellen Anderson Book Review Women have achieved many great things since 1914. They have gained better education and if it wasn't for certain women we would never been acknowledged as a "person." Ellen Anderson has created the first biography of Canada's first woman Supreme Court judge, Bertha Wilson. This is a book that is long overdue, given that Madam Justice Wilson's historic importance as a jurist in Canada. The book is defined on the cover as an intellectual biography observing interviews with Bertha Wilson, her husband John Wilson, and many relatives, friends and contemporaries of her.
The Famous Five: Helping Women Socially Economically and Politically There are unlimited names of famous Canadian Leaders who have worked to help Canada become a better place. From Prime Ministers like Lester B Pearson or Pierre Trudeau to average people like Terry fox. The famous five however accomplished more things for the women in Canada than any other Canadian. Emily Murphy, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Louise McKinney, Irene Parlby, and Nellie McClung with the persons case helped Canadian women on a social economic and political level. Up until 1929 (Evans), the legal term for “person” did not apply to women according to the Canadian Constitution.
Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton gather women together and fought for their rights. They deserved to vote just like men did. They needed to prove themselves. To get their message across they formed the National Women Suffrage Association, in May 1869. This was an organization made up of only women.
These women range from farmers, to businesswomen they come from families who have footprints in Canada that date back to the early 18th century. I will analyze this film by giving my reasons for selecting it and look at production and creative details. Furthermore, I will explore the central idea and theme, the key characters in the film, style, weaknesses and strengths, the importance of the film, and the objective of the filmmaker in making the film I selected Older, Stronger, Wiser, because Black women are so often forgotten as positive images to look up to, they are usually presented in mainstream media in a negative and aberrant light (welfare queens, angry single mothers, hyper sexualized woman, etc.) Older, Stronger, Wiser, celebrates Black woman for the positive, smart, and respectful woman that they are, the film gives a completely different reading. Also because Black people are too often left out of the Canadian historical narrative, Black people are often regarded as immigrants who arrived in Canada
Elizabeth Cady Stanton fought for women to have legal rights, have better jobs, and higher education, even though many men shunned her. First off, many women fought against the laws that discriminated against them. In 1848, Stanton met with four other women for a social meeting. They decided to form a convention and get together to “discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of women (Brown).” This convention was called The Seneca Falls Convention. The women campaigned for full female equality.
Women like Emma Hart Willard who founded the Troy Female Seminary in New York which was the first endowed school for girls, helped empower women to see that there can be change. Women began speaking and lecturing in the 1830s on equality and right to vote. Sarah Grimke and Frances Wright advocated women's suffrage in an extensive series of lectures. Sarah Grimke spoke with a concise confidence responding to a newspaper, “All I ask of our brethren is that they will take their feet from our necks, and permit us to stand upright on the ground which God has designed us to occupy.” (Chafe 25) “[Also Grimke wrote that] like blacks women were ‘accused of mental inferiority’ and were refused the opportunity for a decent education. Denied the basic rights of free speech and petition, they were also treated as creatures not able to care for themselves.” (Chafe 45) Oberlin College became the first coeducational college in