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Women's Suffrage in Canada
Women’s suffrage (or franchise) is the right of women to vote in political elections; campaigns for this right generally included demand for the right to run for public office. The women’s suffrage movement was a decades-long struggle intended to address fundamental issues of equity and justice and to improve the lives of Canadians.
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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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Indigenous Suffrage
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Women's Suffrage in the West
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Women's Suffrage in Atlantic Canada
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Women's Suffrage in the North
Education Guides
Women's Suffrage Education Guide and Worksheets
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