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Women entering the work force in world war 1
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Started women off in the workplace/workforce, but some expected women to go back to their traditional roles after the war, and while working they faced many long hard shifts. -
Jeremiah Jones
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Though, this man was black and able to fight in the war, not many others of colour were so lucky -
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Canada enters and fights in world war 1
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Canada was forced into fighting and sending our men to fight in a war that we had not been involved in, but being a ally of British and basically still being run by them, even in our own indecency, we had no choice. -
Military Service Act
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Forced Canadian men to fight in the war that Canada wasn't even involved -
Vote not extended fully
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Though women began to gain the vote, during world war 1 only women with male family an loved ones in the war could vote, and later when the vote was granted in 1920’s, women of minority didn’t receive the vote until 1940 -
First Nations Child
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First Nations were forced into residential schools where they were striped of their heritage and dignity -
Inventions in 1920’s
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The 1920's brought on many advancements and inventions:
Radio
TV
Penicillin (Antibiotics)
Liquid Fuel Rocket
Traffic Signal
Band-aid
Insulin - Diabetes
Home Refrigerators
Automotive Dishwasher
Pop-Up Toaster
Home Air Conditioning
Sliced Bread
Many of these inventions started the path for the gadgets and technology we’ve come to rely on. -
Women’s right to vote
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At the start of the roaring twenties, women had gained the vote -
Mary Pickford
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Mary Pickford grew well I'm society and the workplace, and in a time when a divorce could ruin a women's career, she had not only gotten divorced, but moved forward. -
Josephine Baker
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A black women who thrived in the entertainment Industry in the 1920s
