The Suffering for Suffrage

Women’s suffrage was popular and successful in Manitoba, Alberta, and Saskatchewan in 1916 [...] because of Nellie McClung’s writings, World War I’s female involvement, and the National Council of Women of Canada. These factors made suffrage possible in these provinces, and later, in a few short years, nationwide. Nellie McClung’s influence as a writer was crucial to allowing women to see the importance of their lives in a different light. World War I brought women into workplaces for the first time, and made them feel important to society. Finally, the National Council of Women of Canada was an organization which brought women together to fight for the same cause, and published the “Women’s Century,” giving support to women across the nation. Without universal voting rights in Canada, we would not be the true north strong and free we are today, and making sure suffrage would be remembered as a Canadian historical event was largely in thanks to the women who knew that to make the great leap forward, someone m...
The Suffering for Suffrage

Harry Chen

Grade 10

Markville Secondary School
Markham, Ontario

I believe women's rights are still an issue today and suffrage was the beginning of the great feminist movement that still occurs today.

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