1. The Suffrage Movement

2. Women’s Role?
Middle class married women’s main role was wife and mother
Most time spent on chores and childcare
Common to have 10 or more children
Single women had limited career options
Teachers/Nurses
Domestic servants
Seamstress
Low skill/Low pay!
PAID MUCH LESS THEN MEN!

3. Women Were Considered Property
Women were the property of her father until marriage
Once married women had few rights over
Property
children
Protection from assault
Women not considered persons unless charged with a crime

6. The Right to Vote Only property owning males able to vote
Women, Aboriginals, Asian immigrants, and most non- European immigrants denied the vote
Afraid that they would take away what white men valued

8. Women's Suffrage The right for women to vote
Canadian suffragists believed that the skills of women would bring a fresh and caring attitude towards male dominated government
Work to help the needs of the poor and children
Better working conditions for women

9. Women’s Christian Temperance Union
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union was the first mass organization among women devoted to social reform with a program that "linked the religious and the secular
Founded in 1870
Campaigned for prohibition in 1900s
Argued liquor was the root cause of family breakdown and poverty

10. Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Supported Women’s right to vote
Believed that with the vote, women could influence the government to address social problems such as child labour, pollution, and poverty

11. Standing Up For Their Rights
passive acts – such as chaining yourself to railings of government buildings or blockading traffic
public actions–including parades, pageants, street speaking, and demonstrations
Hunger strikes were common for women who were arrested for civil disobedience by protests