Women's Right to Vote: Canada

Before Confederation in 1867 (when Canada became a country) only rich men could vote and women

• were 18 years old

• own property

• were part of a party

Could women vote after Confederation (1867)?

• Yes

• No

Every year between 1905 and 1916 a bill ( a proposed law) was passed in this province to give woman the right to vote.  But it was laughed at.  Which province was this?  

• BC

• Alberta

• Ontario

• Quebec

The woman’s suffrage movement was strong on the prairies.  Who led this movement?  

• Sarah Johnson

• Nellie McClung

• Ophelia Murphy

• Nellie Clung

Nellie McClung approached the premiere of Manitoba to give suffrage to women.  The premiere said it would be wrong because it would break up the home and this reason:

• it would be too difficult

• it was not allowed in the Bible

• women are uneducated

• women are too emotional

Nellie McClung responded to premiere’s refusal by writing a ________________ where the roles of men and women were reversed.  This work of art was received with great enthusiasm.

• Novel

• Short Story

• Movie

• Play

Which province was the first to allow women to vote in 1916?  

• BC

• Alberta

• Manitoba

• Ontario

World War I forced Prime Minister Borden to enact conscription (forcing people to join the army).  He then passed 2  laws. One said that all service men could vote and the this one which enabled women to vote.

• All women could vote over the age of 21.

• Women over the age of 21 who were the wife, sister or daughter of someone serving in the army could also vote.

• All Canadians could vote

• Women over the age of 18 who were the wife, sister or daughter of someone serving in the army could also vote.

What was the occupations of many of the women in war who were first allowed to vote? N (a)  

In 1918, Borden propose universal suffrage (ALL women can vote everywhere in Canada).  Most people approved of this. There was one province that didn’t saying women’s place was in the home and to “keep up the birth rate in Canada.”  Which province fought against women’s suffrage?

• BC

• Alberta

• Ontario

• Quebec