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Women in Canadian History

This collection brings together the biographies of a number of remarkable women in Canada.

Edmonton Grads, 1939

Timelines

“Votes for Women” pennant
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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.

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Nursing Sisters at the Royal Canadian Naval Hospital
Marie Gérin-Lajoie (née Lacoste) in 1928.
Elizabeth (Elsie) MacGill
Arlene Dickinson
Charlotte Edith Anderson Monture
Hide Hyodo Shimizu
Viola Desmond
Dorothea Palmer
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Parsons, Mona
Famous 5
Esi Edugyan
Helen Mussallem
Rosemary Brown receiving the Order of Canada
Jean Lumb
Michelle Douglas

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