Winning of the Vote by Women National Historic Event
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Winning of the vote by Women
© © Archives of Manitoba, Still images section, Event collection – presentation of petition, Item Number 173/3. Negative 9905 / ©Archives du Manitoba, section d’images fixes, collection d’évènements – présentation d’une pétition, article numéro 173/3. Négat
Address :
364 Smith Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
1997-09-22
Other Name(s):
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Winning of the Vote by Women
(Designation Name)
Research Report Number:
1998-011
Importance:
Struggle of women to achieve the vote
Plaque(s)
Existing plaque: Walker Theatre 364 Smith Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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.