This is a wide ranging topic. Be sure to focus on one or two ideas.

 WEBSITES:

1. Famous 5 – the five women who impacted women’s rights in Canada in the early 1900s

2. Famous 5 Heroes for Today – a good site for most students

3. Nellie McClung Foundation: History of Womens Rights in Canada

http://www.ournellie.com/womens-suffrage/history-of-womens-rights

4. Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada:  Canada’s commitment to gender equality and the advancement of women’s rights internationally

http://www.international.gc.ca/rights-droits/women-femmes/equality-egalite.aspx?view=d

5. Canadian Human Rights Commission website

http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/en/index.asp

Women Board of Directors     for Hilary

ARTICLES:

 *** One View of Women in 1890 *** the link in the title says women were swept up in a mania … it was viewed as a disease that women would want equality and voting rights!

1. World tipping toward full rights for women March 8, 2013

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/westview/world-tipping-toward-full-rights-for-women-196256931.html

2. ‘I look forward to the day when an announcement like this doesn’t take us by surprise’  Barrie Examiner Mar. 5, 2013

http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/2013/03/04/i-look-forward-to-the-day-when-an-announcement-like-this-doesnt-take-us-by-surprise

3. Liberal leadership candidate speaks on Gender equality Fri. Mar. 8, 2013

http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2013/03/07/liberal_leadership_candidate_joyce_murray_canada_can_do_better_on_gender_equality.html