Canada - Women's History

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Famous Five: The Persons Case

Legal history was made in 1929 when the British Privy Council overturned a Supreme Court decision and declared that women were persons under the law.

Persons Case

The Persons Case in Canada resulted in the finding, on October 18, 1929, that women were persons under the law. To commemorate that event, October 18 has been celebrated as Person's Day in Canada, and Women's History Month in Canada is celebrated in October.

Mary Ann Shadd Cary

Mary Ann Shadd Cary biography - a profile of Mary Ann Shadd Cary, African American teacher, journalist, and law school graduate who lived for some years in Canada.

Canadian Suffrage Movement

Icelandic women led the struggle for the vote in Manitoba.

Chronologie Historique des Femmes du Quebec

French-language pages with a timeline for the history of women in Quebec, 1608-present.

Cool Women

A kind of quirky site about women's history in Canada.

Winona Flett (Mrs. F.J. Dixon) and Lynn Flett

Sistes, they were writers and political activists who worked for suffrage.

Famous Canadian Women

Find a timeline, biographies, quotes, and more focusing on women in Canada.

Nellie McClung

A writer and feminist, she described pioneer life and was also involved in politics.

Julie Payette

Julie Payette, an astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency, is a Quebec-born pilot and engineer. She was selected by the CSA in 1992 and completed NASA astronaut training in 1998. Her first space shuttle mission was in 1999, where she was a mission specialist. She is the Chief Astronaut for the Canadian Space Agency.

Women's History

The National Parks of Canada honor Canadian Women's History with this minisite recognizing women in Canada, especially focused on teaching Canadians about women's history.