Actions and Responses
A Poster to Nellie McClung's Lecture
This is a poster of Nellie McClung's Lecture. Nellie McClung started her war to win the vote for women, by giving frequent public speeches. She advertised using posters, and got many people to come listen to her talks on woman suffrage. Eventually many people were convinced by this, and consequently supported woman suffrage. Many say the people were also swayed by the efforts that women put into the first world war.
This depicts Nellie McClungs later actions with the Political Equality league. This was the extremely succesful play that Nellie put on, herself playing the premier, Roblin. This play was put on many times, and using wit, it won the hearts of many who watched. From the use of humour in her protests, her protest was extremely succesful and people were willing to listen.
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This photo depicts the petition that Emily Murphy sent to her four colleagues in 1928. She writes that the definition of persons in the British North America act, does not coincide with what they have been treated as. This petition shows the persons act, the actions after womans suffrage, where five woman fight for their basic human rights.
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Full Petition
Too highly of the excellent manner in which Mr. Rowell presented his arguments on our behalf and I am fully satisfied that no other counsel in Canada is so well informed upon all the various phases of the reference. Please express your wish concerning this.
While we regret that the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada was not favorable to our cause, I am sure we are agreed that their decision was a sincere one and should not be adversely criticized by any of us.
For the several years past the women of Canada, owing to what appeared to be a hopeless situation, took comparatively little interest in this matter of the interpretation of the word “Persons” in Section 24 of the B.N.A. act. Our motion in appealing to the Supreme Court of Canada for a ruling gave to the women of all parties a renewed hope and had the effect of stimulating them to something approaching definite notion. We have every reason to felicitate ourselves in this behalf.
Of the ultimate results I have not the slightest doubt. Nothing can prevent our winning. Every editor in Canada except those of Quebec is backing us in the appeal. When the time is ripe, it can reasonably be predicted that the French editors will also concede in the justice and propriety of our claim.
It is also truly encouraging—and we may take the assurance to our hearts – that no extension of the franchise has ever been defeated since John, the King of England, signed the Magna Charta of Runnymede
Yours very sincerely
Too highly of the excellent manner in which Mr. Rowell presented his arguments on our behalf and I am fully satisfied that no other counsel in Canada is so well informed upon all the various phases of the reference. Please express your wish concerning this.
While we regret that the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada was not favorable to our cause, I am sure we are agreed that their decision was a sincere one and should not be adversely criticized by any of us.
For the several years past the women of Canada, owing to what appeared to be a hopeless situation, took comparatively little interest in this matter of the interpretation of the word “Persons” in Section 24 of the B.N.A. act. Our motion in appealing to the Supreme Court of Canada for a ruling gave to the women of all parties a renewed hope and had the effect of stimulating them to something approaching definite notion. We have every reason to felicitate ourselves in this behalf.
Of the ultimate results I have not the slightest doubt. Nothing can prevent our winning. Every editor in Canada except those of Quebec is backing us in the appeal. When the time is ripe, it can reasonably be predicted that the French editors will also concede in the justice and propriety of our claim.
It is also truly encouraging—and we may take the assurance to our hearts – that no extension of the franchise has ever been defeated since John, the King of England, signed the Magna Charta of Runnymede
Yours very sincerely