Winning of the Vote by Women National Historic Event
Winning of the vote by women was designated as a national historic event in 1997.
Historical importance: struggle of women to achieve the vote.
Commemorative plaque: 364 Smith Street, Winnipeg, ManitobaFootnote 1
Winning the vote
Democracy, political equality and full citizenship were all advanced when Canadian women won the right to vote in the early 20th century. Determined suffragists led the campaign for many years, supported by social reformers who saw the vote as the key to forwarding their own causes. A memorable moment in the struggle for suffrage was the "mock parliament" staged by women on 28 January 1914 in the Walker Theatre; the performance satirized the anti-suffragist views of male politicians. In January 1916, the government of Manitoba was the first to grant women the vote.
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