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For decades women had fought for justice and equality such as voting to better sustain Canada in a fundamental matter. On January 1, 1914, the Nation Union Of Women Suffrage Society arranged a national and worldwide spread. They had a meeting in Toronto ON to vote on the Union which turned up just about unanimous.

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Ga’axstal’as, Jane Constance Cook was a known mentor for her culture, activist, and the leader of Kwakwaka’wakw. Her upbringing gave her a good understanding of culture the legal system. She fought for her people to get land and resource while raising 16 kids and being a midwife. Ga’axstal’as, Jane Constance Cook ended up testifying in 1914 and became the only woman executive in 1922 of the Allied Indian Tribe Of British Columbia.

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As the war began in 1915 there were over 2800 white Canadian nurses as non-caucasian women were prohibited from signing up to help out. In order to become a suitable candidate, you need to meet certain requirements such as ranging from 21-to 38, good physical health, righteousness, and British citizenship. Despite the fact the nurse was close to the trenches they were not to work frontline, their job was to access and provide care for the soldier that came in on hospital trains.

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Women and warfare have had an equal impact on each other. In 1915 a conference was set by Jane Adaams to spread the word on the suffrage movement and put a stop to the war. Two woman organizations that were for the war were invited to the conference but then declined. Another conference was issued in 1915 along with an invite for the two-woman organization though they decline again.

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Nellie McClung led Manitoba to become the first province to have women vote in 1916. Nellie was a journalist, novelist, suffragist, and reformer she spent her time fighting for entranced women. she fought for Alberta and Saskatchewan’s right to vote too, with this she became a liberal member of Alberts assembly. While elected she talked about problems that affected women and children.

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Jane Wisdom was one of Canada’s first heads of the bureau of social services in Halifax and professional social workers. because of the lack of social work schooling in Canada jane had studied in new york, returning to Halifax in 1916 to take charge of the new Halifax bureau. In 1921 she went on to complete her studies in Montreal for 18 years till she moved to Nova Scotia.

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Hannah was fed up with how Canada had priced their housing and food and decided to take things into her own hands. She created a league advocating for women workers and then crafted an accusation. in 1917 the woman in her association requested that she run for council. Hannah won the election and became the first woman to be elected, she made an impact while in office and acted as a major for while too.

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Thérèse Casgrain was a privileged activist, political lead, and radio host. In 1921 the Provincial Franshcies For Committee Suffrage was founded by Thérèse. She gained the title of the first female leader of Canada’s political party while hosting a radio station - ‘Fémina’.

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Emily Carr was a Canadian artist, with little find to support her carried she has studied in many different places like London, Paris, and San Francisco. Her main piece is related to villages, forests, and aboriginal people. her work was not appreciated which lead her to b take a break from art for 15 years. Sometime in 1927 when the national gallery noticed her work and a west coast artist labeled her as the Canadian Van Gogh.

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In 1927 Emily Murphy, Henrietta Edwards, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, and Irene Parlby also known as the ‘famous five’ were activist groups of women from Alberta who fought on topics such as women’s suffrage. They brought their case to the supreme court and in 1929 it was decided but the judicial committee.

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