1. Should Canadians Be Thankful For The Two World Wars?
Ethan Kelt

2. Thesis
Canadians should be thankful for the two world wars as they strengthened women’s rights, workers rights, and fixed the economy.

3. Source #1 – Women’s Rights
Canadian women working on the railway during WWII
People realized women were needed
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4. Source #2 – Women’s Rights
Recruiting Poster for the Royal Canadian Airforce Women’s Division
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5. Source #3 – Women’s Rights
Canadian women voting at a Canadian hospital in France in 1917 during WWI
Wartime Elections Act
Robert Borden, Conservative
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6. Source #4 – Worker’s Rights
Crowd gathered outside Winnipeg City hall during the Winnipeg general strike in 1919
After WWI workers wanted more rights
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7. Source #5 – Worker’s Rights
One Big Union Monthly (1938)
OBU gave workers rights
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8. Source #6 – Fixing the economy
Men in Canada looking for work during the Great Depression
WWII helped by making jobs
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9. Source #7 – Fixing the Economy
Airplane assembly factory in Ontario during WWII
Canadians produced over military transport vehicles
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10. Source #8 – Fixing the economy
The Coquitlam Herald: Wednesday October 31, 1945
“The wartime increase in income enjoyed by the farmer has resulted in better rural living standards”
Jobs for men that fought in the war
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11. Conclusion WWI caused workers to stand up for themselves
WWII fixed the economy and gave people lots of jobs
WWI and WWII made Canadians realize women were contributing members of society and gave them rights