Women's Right to Vote

In Canada's early day, voting was considered as a privilege not a right. Only rich men and women with their own properties could vote. Most of women could not vote. After confederation in 1867, all women were excluded. In 1880 and 1914 Women's suffrage was considered as an impossible thing. In 1911, James Whitney said that women's suffrage was a matter of revolution which only worked out with goals and laws. For these reasons, women must not attend to vote.Therefore, women's suffrage movement needs a long way but it was growing.Since 1914, many women activities worked for women's suffrage in Canada. In 1915, one women from Manitoba were the first to vote.She was Nellie McClure. In the same year, women from Saskatchewan and Alberta got the rights to vote. However, women could only vote in 5 provincial lectures but not in federal lectures.During the great war, women played essential roles in Canada. In 1917, two new laws.   Military nurse became the first to get the right to vote in federal lectures. Then, wife, mother, sisters, daughters of soldiers, and some serving uniform got the right. Finally In 1918, all the women in Canada got the right to vote. In 1920, women in Canada who is over 21 could vote but not all women were included.