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Suffrage:

Canadian Women and the Vote

Prior to women getting the vote, this is the way things used to be:

In Canada, people believed only those with property should
have the right to vote. They had something at stake when
decisions were made. The main political parties agreed.

If a couple co-owned a property they shared one vote.
The man retained the right to cast that vote.

Wages earned by women still went to their husbands.

Women fought for social reform. Suffragists rose up.
They wanted to vote. They wanted to create change.

Read about the epic struggles, the years of hard
work and perseverance and the prejudice
women faced fighting for the most important,
basic, democratic right—to vote.