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SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
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Acadian Odyssey (E), NB
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Acadian cultural renaissance
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Antigonish Movement (E), NS
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Important adult education and self-help movement, begun in 1928
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Archibald, Edith Jessie (P), NS
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Key figure in the Nova Scotian women's fight for the vote
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Bethune, Henry Norman (P), ON
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Famous medical figure and political activist
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Caisse Populaire (Mouvement Desjardins) (E), QC
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Cooperative banks in Lévis, Quebec, established in 1901
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Canadian Women's Christian Temperence Union (E)
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Largest non-denominational Canadian women's organization in the late 19th century
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Cooperative Movement in Canada (E)
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Important social and economic movement
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Cooperative Union of Canada (E), ON
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Formed in 1909 by George Keen, Ontario and Nova Scotia cooperative societies
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Desjardins, Alphonse (P), QC
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Founder of the Caisse Populaire Movement in Quebec
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Edwards, Henrietta Muir (P), AB
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Social and legislative reformer, fought for rights of women
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First Women's Institute (E), ON
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Foundation of the first women's institute in Canada in 1897
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George Brown House (S), ON
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Home of Canadian statesman George Brown
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Hind, E. Cora (P), MB
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Leading advocate of women's rights and suffrage in Manitoba
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Lajoie, Marie Lacoste-Gérin (P), QC
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Crusader for women's rights in the province of Quebec; campaigned for women's suffrage
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Lefebvre, Father Camille (P), NB
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Founder of the highly successful Acadian Renaissance Movement
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MacGill, Helen Gregory (P), BC
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Juvenile court judge; internationally acknowledged expert who campaigned for suffrage and law reform
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Macphail, Agnes Campbell (P), ON
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First woman elected to the House of Commons (1921)
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McClung, Nellie Mooney (P), ON
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Writer, social reformer, first woman member of Canadian Broadcasting Company Board (1936-42)
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McKinney, Louise (P), AB
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First woman member of the Legislative Assembly in the British Empire (1917)
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McNaughton,Violet Clara (P), SK
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Organized the Women Grain Growers; instigated publicly funded medical care programs
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Murphy, Emily Ferguson (Janey Canuck) (P), AB
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First woman judge in British Commonwealth, fought for women's rights
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On-to-Ottawa Trek (E), SK
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Culmination of failure of Canada's depression-era relief projects for unemployed single men
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Parlby, Mary Irene (P), AB
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Legislator, fought for admission of women to Senate
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Persons Case (E), ON
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Cleared the way for the appointment of women to the Senate; established that Canadian women were full persons, equal to men
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Saint-Jean, Idola (P), QC
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Leader in the fight for women's suffrage in Quebec and for reform of the Civil Code in the 1920s and 1930s
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Shadd, Mary Ann (P), ON
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Newspaper editor and leader of Black Refugee Movement
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Stowe, Dr. Emily (P), ON
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First female practising doctor in Canada, organizer of women's medical college and suffrage leader
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Ten Acadian National Conventions (1881-1937) (E), PE
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Instrumental in establishing and asserting a national identity for the Acadian people
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Territorial Grain Growers Association (E), SK
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First successful farm organization in western Canada, 1902
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Trout, Dr. Jenny (P), ON
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First female licensed doctor in Canada, supporter of women's medical education
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Walker Theatre (S), MB
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1906 playhouse, site of labour and Women's Movement meetings, 1914
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Winning of the Vote by Women (E), MB
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The struggle of women to achieve the vote
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Wood, Henry Wise (P), AB
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Major agrarian reformer, founder of Canada's Wheat Pools
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Woodsworth, James Shaver (P), MB
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First leader of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (1933)
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