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Women voting rights
The right to vote for school trustees is granted to women with property, married or not married in Ontario. -
Women matrimonial rights
Adult women now have the right to divorce. This law was established by The British Matrimonial Causes Act. This act for womens rights was founded in Canada. -
Women's real-estate rights
A married woman in Canada has the legal right to own property but she can not sell the property without the consent of her husband as well. -
Women's voting rights
In 1867 women's n Canada were deprived of the right to become an elector. To become an elector you had to be male, 21 years old and you had to be a British subject. -
Woman's matrimonial rights
In 1872 The Married Women's Property Act established a law that gave a married woman the right to take ownership of her own wages. -
Woman's legal rights
In 1884 a law was passed that granted married women in Canada some of the same rights that men had, such as purchasing property or making legal agreements. This law was passed by The Married Woman's Property Act. -
Woman's rights legislation
In the Northwest Territories the Married Woman's Property Legislation was made official, this was done in 1886. -
Women's voting rights
In 1887 municipal elections are open to the women of Manitoba. Women everywhere are still deprived of the right to run for municipal office, this will eventually change by 1917.
