Women's Rights Movement // Rebecca, Brendan, Michelle

By R. Nellis
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    Women's Rights Movement

    Disclaimer: Women have struggled for equality, way before the 1960's. However, the events chosen to focus on have occured after 1960-present.
  • Irene Murdoch Event

    Irene Murdoch Event

    From 1968-78 Irene Murdoch went to court continuously and was told that she had to claim to her marital land even though her parents paid for it. Instead she would receive a support cheque from her ex-husband every month. The court's decision outraged many women in Canada and inspired a revolution that lead to Canada’s acknowledgment of marriage as an equal partnership.

  • The Royal Commision.

    In 1970 the royal commision made a report about the rights of women in Canada and made 167 recommendations for the government
  • Aboriginal women are granted the right to marry off of reserves.

    Aboriginal women are granted the right to marry off of reserves.

    ~Government’s acknowledgment of marriage as an equal partnership in the year 1978 and allowed Aboriginal women to marry off the reserve

  • Right for first nations women to marry non-native men.

    ~The section of the Indian Act depicting the laws against women marrying non-native men, was repealed in the year 1985

  • Women continue to fight for equality!

    ~Women all around the globe continue to fight for equal rights and pay to this very day.