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Women in the 1920s

Women’s Rights Throughout the 1920s women gained more rights and freedoms By 1929 women were considered “People” under the law Women who fought for voting rights were called “suffragists” One famous suffragist was Nellie McClung

Nellie McClung

William Lyon Mackenzie King Prime Minister William Lyon MacKenzie King supported women’s rights

The Famous Five The famous 5 were a group of suffragists that helped to give women the rights that they have today.

Suffragists Nellie McClung and four other women (the Famous 5) fought to give women the right to vote. Dominion Election Act - 1920 the majority of women could vote across Canada & run for election in Parliament Only white women were allowed to vote and run for election

The “Persons Case” They continued to fight for the right to be appointed to the Senate and brought their case to a special council in England. In 1929 the Famous 5 succeed. The British council declared that women had the same right as men to be appointed to the Senate. Famous Five – Nellie McClung, Emily Murphy, Louise McKinney, Henrietta Edwards, Irene Parlby.

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