Emphasis on the First Wave

Pre-War StylePre-War Hair

 The constriction is deeply symbolic and would evoke counter reaction.  Women’s fashion has often said a lot about how society views them.

Flapper Clothes StyleFlapper Hair Style

True Womanhood (1912) Sphere of Women (1897)

Women running a farm Women dressed as soldiers

 Women worked in WW1 and are expected to return to work.  Lots of single women due to male losses in war.  Technology is making traditional “female work” easier.

 Total War required women to serve in an industrial capacity.  They worked in areas never worked before and were successful.  Military Voters Act gave women the right to vote if they were married to service men.  Divorce laws were loosened.  Contraception increased.  Property laws allowed women to own land.  By 1918 all white women were allowed to vote in federal elections

1. The right to vote. 2. Equal value of genders 3. Equal recognition in the law and constitution. 4. Less patriarchal society. (More female leadership.)

 During WWI, the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union succeeded in bringing prohibition (ban on alcohol sales and production) to Canada.  They felt alcohol contributed to many of societies problems (abuse)  After WWI, prohibition became unpopular and the provincial government’s took control of it in 1921  Prohibition lasted in America until 1933, so there was lots of cross-border bootlegging

 1916 – Women get the right to vote in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta for provincial elections  1916 – First female judge in Canada  1917 – Wartime Election Act gave some women the right to vote in the Federal election  1918 – All women (except First Nations and Asians) got the right to vote in the Federal election  1919 – Women get the right to become MP’s in the House of Commons  1921 – First Canadian female MP in the House of Commons  All provinces allowing women to vote except Quebec  1929 – Women ruled as persons in Canada  1950 – All women finally get the right to vote  1956 – Equal pay for women doing the same job as men in the federal government  1993 – First female Prime Minister of Canada TIMELINE

The Good SideThe Bad Side  Female presence in the work force.  Unique political ideas of women leads to prohibition of alcohol.  Jazz music and personal stereo equipment.  Female starlet's and famous models.  Clothes that do not shape the female form.  Dropping wages.  Organized crime and night clubs that serve alcohol.  Night club dancing, Show girls, cigarette girls, objectification of women in dance.  Pin-Up girls, pornography  Women’s need to appear certain ways because they can’t hide their form

 Women earning 55% of men. They rapidly grew into a new industrial slave force.  Same pressures to look a certain way.  Increased sexual objectification due to societal trends.  University tried to avoid admitting women into schools. 

 She was a Canadian women’s rights activist.  She became the first female judge (Alberta) in the British Empire.  She is best known for her contributions to Canadian feminism, specifically to the question of whether women were "persons" under Canadian law in the persons case.

 1921 – She became the first female M.P. (Member of Parliament) in the House of Commons. ◦ She was the only female M.P. until 1935  Four western provinces elected 9 women in provincial legislatures.

 She was one of the most important leaders of Canada's first wave of feminism (gender equality)  She was a suffragist.  She was a social reformer  She is remembered for her role in the famous "Person's Case”

The BNA act mentions that “qualified persons” are to be chosen as senators Emily Murphy wanted to know if “qualified persons” included women. In 1927, Murphy and four other women: Henrietta Muir Edwards, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney and Irene Parlby, came to be known as “The Famous Five” for challenging the Canadian government on whether or not women could become Senators in Canada The courts ruled that women were legal persons in Canada andthat the BNA would have to fit with the cultural context of Canada.

The famous five proved that women had the same rights as Canadian men with respect to positions of political power.

 Thanks to the Persons case victory by the Famous Five, Cairine Wilson was appointed as the first female senator in 1930.

 Women felt trapped in their traditional roles after World War Two  Most women who were working had low paying jobs, such as secretaries, waitresses, hairdressers, and retail sales

 Equal pay for equal work.  Stopping the firing of women that get pregnant.  Allowing women maternity leaves.  Divorce laws that have demands of men (child support & spousal support)  Birth control and birth contraceptives to be made available to women that want them.  Pro-choice (abortion) tendencies.

 In 1967, the Federal Government set up the Royal Commission on the Status of Women to examine women’s place in Canadian society  The National Action Committee on the Status of Women (NAC) was formed as a pressure group in 1971 to lobby the government on women's issues  By the 1980’s, there were many women doctors, engineers, lawyers, and company presidents

 She became the first female Prime Minister of Canada in (Progressive Conservative Party)  She was Prime Minister for only a couple months, as she took over for the unpopular Brian Mulroney, who had just quit over business scandals, the failure of Charlottetown Accord and the Free Trade Agreement. The Liberals won the next election.

The Goals of Third Wave Feminism  Aims to abolish all gender rolls.  Change women’s portrayal in media.  Stop a perpetuating “rape culture.”  Help queer women, non-white women, gender neutral.  Done mostly through social media raging and shaming.  Aims at… anything with a Y chromosome?

 Organizes slut walks to attract media attention.  Wear make-up, high heels, breast enhancements etc as part of dressing how they want.  Protest women’s role in the media. AKA “Mean Girls”  Pro Pornography and women sexuality  Get angry when the media exploits their photos.  Hate the misogynist cosmetic and fashion industry.  Movies that target women are romantic comedies. AKA “Mean Girls”  Anti Pornography and women objectification

 Equality of value is good, inequality and prejudice is bad. The Bible backs me up.  Women have often found themselves in positions of inequality to this day. Violence against women is real. Society backs me up.  The historic solution was Godly, the modern solution is antagonistic towards Christianity and men. The feminist movement backs me up.