changing roles of women social studies 11 november 26, 2010
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Changing Roles of Women
Social Studies 11November 26, 2010
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Name That Canadian…
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Name That Canadian…
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Name That Canadian…
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Name That Canadian…
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World War I
• 100’s of women volunteered to work overseas
• Primarily nurses or ambulance drivers (approx. 2500)
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World War I
• Nurses who served in the Canadian Army Medical Corps known as “bluebirds” (reference to uniform colour)
• Many killed or injured by artillery fire, bombs, poison gas
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World War I - Home Front
• # of women in labour force increased dramatically
• Canada’s wartime economy would have collapsed without their efforts
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Suffragette Movement
• Women’s roles during WWI strengthened suffrage movement
• 1918: all Canadian women given the right to vote in federal elections
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1920’s• Women enjoyed
greater freedom
• Worked jobs formerly held by men
• Fewer clothing restrictions: “shocking” bathing suits & short skirts appeared
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Women’s Christian Temperance Union
• Believed alcohol was evil
• Put pressure on the U.S. government to ban production, sale and consumption of alcohol
• A.K.A. Prohibition
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Prohibition• Rationale:
• alcohol led to family abuse, diseases, poverty, child labour, etc.
• Belief that criminal activities would decline
• Reality: organized crime increased
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Prohibition in Canada
• Significant loopholes in Canadian prohibition laws
• Doctors could prescribe alcohol for their patients
• Provinces eventually sold liquor in government-controlled stores - Prohibition over
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Agnes Macphail
• 1921: first female member of Parliament
• Called for prison reform in 1930’s
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Famous Five• Composed of five
women from Alberta:
• Emily Murphy
• Nellie McClung
• Henrietta Muir Edwards
• Louise McKinney
• Irene Parlby
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Emily Murphy• First female judge
in the British Empire
• Challenged in her own court by lawyers
• Claimed she was not considered a “person” under the BNA Act
• 1927 :Famous Five challenged the Act in the Supreme Court of Canada
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“Person’s Case”• 1927 - Supreme
Court ruled against Famous Five
• 1928 - Famous Five appealed to the British Privy Council
• 1929 - Council stated that “persons” includes both men and women
“Famous Five” sculptureOttawa, Ontario