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Women in Canadian History

This collection brings together the biographies of a number of remarkable women in Canada.
Women in Canadian History

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Women in Canadian History
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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