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Women in Canadian History
This collection brings together the biographies of a number of remarkable women in Canada.
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Timelines
timeline
Women's Suffrage
Women in Canada obtained the right to vote in a sporadic fashion. Federal authorities granted them the franchise in 1918, more than two years after the women of Manitoba became the first to vote at the provincial level.
timeline
Women's Suffrage in the West
timeline
Women's Suffrage in Atlantic Canada
timeline
Women's Suffrage in the North
Education Guides
Women's Suffrage Education Guide and Worksheets
Education Guide
Women in Canadian History Education Guide
Education Guide
Quizzes
Gallery
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Nursing Sisters at the Royal Canadian Naval Hospital
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Marie Gérin-Lajoie (née Lacoste) in 1928.
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Elizabeth (Elsie) MacGill
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Arlene Dickinson
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Charlotte Edith Anderson Monture
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Hide Hyodo Shimizu
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Viola Desmond
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Dorothea Palmer
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Demasduit
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Parsons, Mona
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Famous 5
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Esi Edugyan
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Helen Mussallem
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Rosemary Brown receiving the Order of Canada
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Jean Lumb
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Michelle Douglas
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