From the Story

1. Why did Nellie want to stop men from drinking?

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2. What changes did Nellie help to make that affect our lives today?

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3. How did the suffragettes win people to their side?

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Suffragettes Who Have Never Been Kissed

All Women?
When it is said that on May 24th, 1918, Canadian women were given the vote, it does not mean all women.

Women with Chinese, Japanese, South Asian, Inuit and Status Indian backgrounds were not allowed to vote until between 1947 and 1960.

Why do you think these women were treated differently from white women?

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First Nations people were allowed to vote before the 1960s if they agreed to give up their status as Indian people. This meant that they would lose all their rights under -the Indian Act, their status as Indians, their land, everything. In 1960, the law was changed and they were finally allowed to vote without losing their rights.

What about Your Province?
Each province gave women the right to vote provincially in different years.

Find out more about how the vote was won in your province. When did women win the vote in your province? How did it happen? Who were some of the women who made it happen?