What challenges were the WTCU
created to address?
created to address?
Public Life
The WCTU wanted for women to have better public lives because they could only do a limited amount of things and they were allowed to go to school but not collage
Fairness
The CCBA wanted the Chinese to not be treated any different than other people because of what they look like or where they came from
House work
The WCTU wanted women to be allowed to do other things than stay home and do the house chores like cook and clean
Working
The CCBA helped Chinese immigrants for rights to get better job opportunities
Working
The WCTU pushed so that women could have better working conditions because the women that did get payed jobs did not have good working conditions
Immigration
The CCBA fought for Chinese immigrants so they could stay in the country
Politics
The WCTU worked with the with the Toronto Women's Literary club to work for women's voting rights
How many local groups founded the CCBA?
31 local groups in Victoria BC
Alcohol
The WCTU originally started as a women's group that wanted to ban the sale of alcohol because money was being wasted on it that was needed for house funds
Chinese Politics
The CCBA was created to fight for political rights and so the Chinese could vote