How Women Achieved the Vote in the Prairies

Above all, the reasons why women achieved the right to vote in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta [were:] influential activists and influential pro suffragist organizations… because the War… forced women to complete important jobs… and finally, because of changing views towards the role of women [due to the fact that] the provincial party leaders changed [and t]he conservative core values largely differed from those of the Liberal.
 
How Women Achieved the Vote in the Prairies

Julia Tays

Grade 11

St. Mary's Academy
Winnipeg, Manitoba

My favorite part of Canadian History is learning about all the things that have brought society to the point it is today.

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