“I would no longer obsess over my own problems with sexism but fight for equality for all academic women, for women of all sorts, for anyone suffering from tyranny.”

Anne Innis Dagg, zoologist, feminist activist, author

Today in Canadian History

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Women in STEM
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Women in STEM

This collection brings together the biographies of a number of remarkable women in the fields of science, technology, engineering and m...

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"Votes for Women” pennant
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Women's Suffrage

Women in Canada obtained the right to vote in a sporadic fashion. Federal authorities granted them the franchise in 1918, more than two years after the women of Manitoba became the first to vote at the provincial level.

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Education Guide

Women in Canadian History Education Guide

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