The document discusses the struggle for women's rights in Canada through the accomplishments of several notable women. It outlines how Louise McKinney, Nellie Mcclung, and Emily Murphy helped improve working conditions, prohibit alcohol, declare women as persons, and promote social reform and assistance for mothers. Additionally, it mentions that Nellie Mcclung was also active in politics, prohibition and suffrage, and that Ann Augusta Stowe-Gullen was the first woman to obtain a medical degree in Canada.
The document discusses the struggle for women's rights in Canada through the accomplishments of several notable women. It outlines how Louise McKinney, Nellie Mcclung, and Emily Murphy helped improve working conditions, prohibit alcohol, declare women as persons, and promote social reform and assistance for mothers. Additionally, it mentions that Nellie Mcclung was also active in politics, prohibition and suffrage, and that Ann Augusta Stowe-Gullen was the first woman to obtain a medical degree in Canada.
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The document discusses the struggle for women's rights in Canada through the accomplishments of several notable women. It outlines how Louise McKinney, Nellie Mcclung, and Emily Murphy helped improve working conditions, prohibit alcohol, declare women as persons, and promote social reform and assistance for mothers. Additionally, it mentions that Nellie Mcclung was also active in politics, prohibition and suffrage, and that Ann Augusta Stowe-Gullen was the first woman to obtain a medical degree in Canada.
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Improved working conditions for women Nellie Mcclung Prohibition of alcohol WCU Focused on needs of women and children NCOWC In 1916 declared women to be a person Emily Murphy Institute in Stoney Creek promoted social Natalie Hunter reform and assisted women for mother hood
Active in politics, prohibition and suffrage Nellie Mcclung
First women to obtain a medical degree in Ann Augusta Stowe-Gullen Canada.
(New Directions in American History) Kathleen A. Laughlin, Jacqueline Castledine - Breaking The Wave - Women, Their Organizations, and Feminism, 1945-1985-Routledge (2010)