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The Toronto Women's Literary Club (TWLC) was created by Canadas first female doctor, Emily Stowe. The TWLC focused on the physical welfare and employment conditions of women, as well as higher education and intellectual development.
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The Toronto Women's Literary Club became the Toronto Women's Suffrage Association in 1883 and then turned into the Dominion Women's Enfranchisement Association in 1889.
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Women's Suffrage got their first provincial victory in Manitoba to be able to vote in provincial elections. After the first world war ended, most women in Canada won the right to vote.
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The Women's Federal Labour Bureau was created
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In 1963, women's studies became an emerging field. Disciplines like psychology, history, and languages were introduced to women and gender.
Birth control was removed from the Criminal code in 1969. -
Grace Hartman became the first female president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees in 1975.
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It became illegal for a man to rape his wife in 1983.
In 1988 women could legally have abortions without being in violation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. -
Feminists took place in The Occupy movement in 2011 which focused on wealth inequality.
