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Married Women's Property Act S.M. 1900, c.27
The Married Women's Property Act S.M. 1900, c.27 gives married women in Manitoba the same legal capacity as men -
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Womens rights
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Married Women's Property Act S.P.E.I. 1903, c.9
The Married Women's Property Act S.P.E.I. 1903, c.9 gives married women in P.E.I. the same legal capacity as men. -
Married Women's Property Act S.S. 1907, c. 18
The Married Women's Property Act S.S. 1907, c. 18 gives married women in Saskatchewan the same legal capacity as men -
Provincial elections
Women win the right to vote in provincial elections in Manitoba,Saskatchewan, and Alberta -
Provincial elections
Women get the right to vote on provincial elections in BC and Ontario -
First woman elected
Agnes Campbell Macphail. (1890-1954.) She was the only woman elected to the Canadian parliament in 1921 when women first had the right to vote for parliament. She is the first woman to sit in the Canadian Parliament. -
First Canadian woman competes in the Olympics
Cecile Eustace Smith, a 15-year-old figure skater, is the frist Canadian woman to represent Canada in an Olympic Games. She skated in both the Ladies individual and in the pairs events at the first official Olympic Games, Chamonix, France. -
First Canadian woman representative attends the League of Nation
Agnes Macphail is sent to Geneva, Switzerland as Canada's first woman delegate to the League of Nations (that would become the United Nations) -
Women become "persons"
Women found to be "persons" in Canada and therefore able to become members of the Senate. -
Canadian women join the Army
Legislation is changed to allow women to enlist in the Canadian army. -
Royal Commission on the Status of Women
The Royal Commission on the Status of Women was established. It had seven members, including five women and two men. And it was the first royal commission to be chaired by a woman, Their main responsibility was to "inquire into and report upon the status of women in Canada, and to recommend what steps might be taken by the Federal Government to ensure for women equal opportunities with men in all aspects of Canadian society." -
First women join the RCMP
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police accept four women recruits; the first females to join the force. -
Canada adopts the Canadian Human Rights Act
1977 Parliament adopted the Canadian Human Rights Act, which forbids discrimination on the basis of sex and ensures women equal pay for work of equal value. The Act also created the Canadian Human Rights Commission, to promote knowledge of human rights in Canada and to encourage people to follow principles of equality; to provide a way to resolve individual complaints; and to help reduce barriers to equality in employment and access to services -
Discrimination Against Women
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), adopted by the UN General Assembly, is often described as an international bill of rights for women. It consists of a preamble and 30 articles, that defines what constitutes discrimination against women and sets up an agenda for national action to end such discrimination. -
First female Prime Minister of Canada
Hon. Kim Campbell becomes the first woman Prime Minister of Canada and serves until November 4, 1993. -
Because I am a Girl Launches
A global campaign to claim a brighter, safer future for girls. Investing in girls is key to eliminating poverty and creating a better world. -
UN Women is established
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women.
