To achieve the right to the vote was not easy for the women of the prairies. In fact, it was not easy for any women- it was only in 1940 that women in Quebec were granted the vote provincially, and in 1960 Aboriginal women were allowed to vote federally (‘Women’s Suffrage’). Each woman had to prove time and time again that she was worthy of the vote, that she was as clever and as hardworking and as ruthless as any man. Thankfully, the role of women in the First World War, the changing perception of women as time progressed, and the incredible work of suffragettes allowed women the same rights as their male counterparts. The tireless search for gender equality is still not over, and [...] the recognition and respect for the women of the past lives on.