Social Problem Resolved?
Womens Suffrage was a rising social problem in 1915. However, since then, this social problem has died down because the long fights of the suffragists paid off. Women in British Columbia were given the right to vote and the right to be a candidate in 1917, while three provinces, Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba, were given the right to vote and the right to be a Candidate in 1916. All the other provinces soon followed their lead and the last province to gain the right to vote and to be a candidate was Quebec. This was due to the continued efforts of all the suffragists, however there were five of them of which their actions stood out from all the rest. They were Emily Murphy, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, and Irene Parlby. They managed to persuade the government every time they heard a bill was not passed, and suceeded in many of them. For example, in 1928, the question of women's eligibility for the senate was ruled out. However these five women managed to convince the Senate and women were given the right to sit in the Canadian Senate in 1929.
Although Robert Borden was ferverently against the women's suffrage movement, in 1918 he pledged himslef to the movement. This helped in 1918, where he passed a bill that stated that all the women that were eligible for the War Time Election Act were allowed to vote, instead of only a select few being able to vote which was the original bill. This was a huge step forward, because many people were angry about only a select few of the women that had close relatives in the war were allowed to vote, instead of all the women that had close relatives.
The War Time Election Act was only the first bill to be passed regarding womens suffrage. Other bills allowed not only the women that had close relatives in the war to vote, but all women. For example, the bill in Quebec in 1940 granting all women in Quebec (which was a supposedly very conservative province) the right to vote and be eligible as candidates for the Canadian Senate. Noteable first women in Canada are Kim Campbell and Cairine Wilson. Cairine Wilson became the first woman to have a seat in the Canadian Senate, one year after the bill was passed, in 1930. In June 25, 1993 to November 4, 1993, Kim Campbell became the first ever woman to become the Canadian Prime Minister, and at the age of 46. Although Kim Campbell is the only female prime minister of Canad to date and her time was short, it was a big step forward to equal rights for women in the federal field.
Although Robert Borden was ferverently against the women's suffrage movement, in 1918 he pledged himslef to the movement. This helped in 1918, where he passed a bill that stated that all the women that were eligible for the War Time Election Act were allowed to vote, instead of only a select few being able to vote which was the original bill. This was a huge step forward, because many people were angry about only a select few of the women that had close relatives in the war were allowed to vote, instead of all the women that had close relatives.
The War Time Election Act was only the first bill to be passed regarding womens suffrage. Other bills allowed not only the women that had close relatives in the war to vote, but all women. For example, the bill in Quebec in 1940 granting all women in Quebec (which was a supposedly very conservative province) the right to vote and be eligible as candidates for the Canadian Senate. Noteable first women in Canada are Kim Campbell and Cairine Wilson. Cairine Wilson became the first woman to have a seat in the Canadian Senate, one year after the bill was passed, in 1930. In June 25, 1993 to November 4, 1993, Kim Campbell became the first ever woman to become the Canadian Prime Minister, and at the age of 46. Although Kim Campbell is the only female prime minister of Canad to date and her time was short, it was a big step forward to equal rights for women in the federal field.