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To be able to vote, eligibility was based on property ownership, gender and the amount of tax or rent paid. Assets needed to be owned and females were excluded.
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The British Matrimonial Causes Act, which was adopted in Canada, makes divorce possible for women in situations like adultery.
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To become an elector, in the Canadian government there were three conditions.
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2. Had to be over the age of 21
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The National Council of Women of Canada is founded. It works for social rights of women and children.
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The Criminal Code is amended to criminalize the abduction of women, all over Canada.
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The Saskatchewan Deserted Wives’ Maintenance Act requires husbands to pay support if they deserted their wives or forced them to leave.
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Manitoba becomes the first province to give women the right to vote and hold provincial office.
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Alberta becomes the first province in Canada, to adopt a minimum wage law for women.
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British Columbia becomes the first province to give mothers the same rights over their children as fathers
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The Canada Elections Act gives all women over 21 the federal vote.
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The Famous Five, as Emily Murphy, Irene Parlby, Nellie McClung, Henrietta Muir Edwards and Louise Crummy McKinney took their case to The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in England, and they recognized that Canadian women as persons under the law. Because of this, women are eligible to become members of the Senate of Canada.
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Ontario becomes the first province to put equal pay legislation into effect.
Equal pay legislation is passed in Saskatchewan. -
The first female RCMP recruits begin training at Regina.
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Criminal Code replace rape with three categories of sexual violence, (sexual assault, rape ans sexual abuse), giving equal protection
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The Right Honourable Jeanne Sauvé becomes the first woman to hold the office of the Governor General.
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The Supreme Court of Canada strikes down Canada's abortion law as unconstitutional. (The law is
found to violate Section 7 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms because it goes against a woman's right
to life, liberty and security of person. Abortion is
now treated like any other medical procedure and is governed by provincial and medical regulations.)
