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Over fifty percent of women on the work force were domestic servants, and had to pick between work and having children.

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-In 1912, Carrie Matilda Derick, the first female professor, was hired by McGill University.

-In 1943, there was a large spike of women joining the labour force, taking many jobs traditionally held by men.

Jasim

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Women acted as servants and maids during the war; they did all house chores, took care of the kids and the pets. They were treated poorly due to the fact that they only eat leftovers, worked 17hrs a day and only had 1 afternoon off a week.

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1921 Agnes MacPhail was the first woman to be elected as a federal member.

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In 1919 woman were granted the right to hold political office in Parliament

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As many men were away from home in Canada women stepped up to replace all the left jobs. Many women took on manufacturing and agricultural jobs to keep the country going. Other jobs they did were teachers, telephone connectors and factory workers. -Petra Nenadic

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During the war since more women were given more rights and freedoms it sparked the first lights in feminism. And gave birth to early feminists such as
Nellie McClung.

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The first women police officers served during the First World War.

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One of the beneficial ways these woman helped during the war was by becoming drivers for the air force.

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a women named Eileen Vollick from Hamilton, Ontario became the first Canadian Women to earn a private pilot's licence in the year 1928

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In the year of 1925 the Federal Divorce Act had been reformed to permit and allow women the same right to divorce as a man in the case of adultery on the part of their spouse.

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In 1917 the Wartime Elections Act was passed which granted the right to vote to women who had served in the armed forces or had close ties to a man who served. School boards and libraries afforded women some rights before they were bale to vote in provincial elections in Manitoba, 1916. Manitoba was the first province to give women the right to vote on January 28 1916
-Eshal

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in 1917, Emily murphy was the first women police magistrate, her decisions were questioned due to the 1876 British law that ruled women were not persons in matters of rights and privileges. This made her lead the charge to have women declared as persons in Canada legally.
-Eshal

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Their average age was 29.9 years, and almost all were single
They were nicknamed “bluebirds” because of their blue uniforms and white veils, and saved lives of sick and wounded soldiers as well as POWs and even civilians.

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-When maternity leave was first introduced in 1921 it only gave mothers 6 weeks before and after their pregnancy as time off. Now in 2020, pregnancy or parental leave may be up to 61 weeks and you do not have to be a woman nor pregnant.

-British Columbia was the first Canadian jurisdiction to grant maternity leave to women. Following that was New Brunswick but that was until another 40+ years in 1964.

-Merellie Wilson

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In the 1920s there were around 4 maternal deaths everyday. Most doctors thought it was due to carelessness from the mothers but Dr. Helen MacMurchy concluded that it was due to economic factors. A lot of women could only afford to give birth at home and would often skip out on prenatal/doctoral services. This problem decreased in the 1950s for wealthy areas but complications due to childbirth still remain an issue in First Nations Reserves and Northern Canada due to lack of resources. I’ve attached a photo of Dr. Helen MacMurchy.

-Merellie Wilson

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Throughout the war 50,000 women worked on the railways with jobs like, Ticket collectors, carriage cleaners and conductresses.

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Throughout the war 50,000 women worked on the railways with jobs like, Ticket collectors, carriage cleaners and conductresses.

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Canada’s first woman to deflect the league of Nations.

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Agnes Macphail was sent to Geneva, Switzerland as

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Only about 25% of young women attended high school. The few who did became lawyers, doctors, or business excessives. Woman who had low-paying and lows status jobs made up about 20% of the labour force.

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-most woman did not want to have kids because of how much hours they had to work and how little they got paid

-by 1922 woman had the won the right to vote in all provinces except Quebec

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-By 1922 woman had won the right to vote in all provinces except Quebec Quebec finally stepped up in 1940

-most woman did not want kids because of how much they worked and how little they got paid

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‘3,000 nurses served in the armed forces and 2,504 were sent overseas with the Canadian Army Medical Corps during the First World War.’

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Women were employed to make bombs for the war effort. This was a dangerous job and turned a lot of worker’s skin yellow.

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Group 1: women’s political rights in the 1920’s

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Group 1: women’s political rights in the 1920’s

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The 1920 dominion election act allowed women to for the first time to run for election to the federal parliament

Agnes Macphail, a progressive, was the only woman to be elected to the House of Commons in the election of 1921. She was re-elected in 1940.

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Women started getting equal pay around in 1956

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first nations women and men could not vote and neither could Chinese or Japanese men or women except for the men if they fought in the war

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The number of women working increased by 25% percent
-Avelina

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The first women judge in the British Empire of a juvenile court was in 1914 named Jamieson.
Women began wearing less feminine clothing such as corsets and skirts in the 1920's
Surprisingly after given the right to vote , some women didn't want to.

-Ria

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first nations women and and men could not vote and neither could chinese or japanese women and men.

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By 1919 white women were allowed to vote, but First Nation, Chinese, and Japanese men and women were still not allowed to vote. The only exception was that Japanese men were allowed to vote because they fought in the war.
Avelina Cardenas

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The high demand for weapons caused by the war made the munitions factories to become the largest single employer of women during 1918.

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On average, women were paid 50-60 percent of what men maid during the 1920’s