How did women challenge the government.
What year was canada a patriarchal country?
It was a patriarchal country in the 1800s.
What is the WCTU?
Women's christian temperance union.
What were some members of the WCTU trying to do to convince the government?
They were temperance campaign themselfs.
In 1887 who founded the Toronto women’s literary club?
It was Dr. Emily Stowe.
Did the first time they tried to make the bill for women to vote a success or failure?
It was a failure.
What could women not become due to there education?
It was a professor.
How come alcohol was growing over the past couple of years in the 1800s?
It was growing because it was easy to get a licence for it and sell it because everyone is addicted to it.
Give the definition of Suffrage?
The right to vote in political elections.
What was the Canada’s first women’s suffrage organization to outsiders?
It was an all women's book club.
How were women able to vote when they were unmarried?
They were only able to vote if they owned land.
What was one way women could participate in social activities?
They could only participate through church.
Give a definition of temperance?
Staying away from drinking alcohol.
What is putting prohibition into action also called?
It is also known as women's suffrage.
What did they do often do to get Provincial and Federal support for women’s right to vote however they were often rejected?
They would often actively campaign.
Who stood in the house of commons to try and make a bill to let women vote?
It was Sir John A McDonald.
What is the definition of patriarchal?
A society or government that ensures male dominants.
Why did they form the WCTU?
Because alcohol abuse was starting to come into play as well as loss of household items due to the consumption of alcohol.
What would they need to do to put prohibition into action?
They would need women's right to vote.
What year did they change the name of there group to Canadian women’s suffrage association?
It was in 1883.
What year did they try and make a bill to let women vote?
It was in 1884.
Who controlled women's wages and limited public life?
It was Hasbar.
What year was the WCTU formed in?
It was formed in 1874.
What year was the WCTU realized just temperance campaign themselves wouldn’t convince the government to force prohibition?
It was 1890.
What year was it that Dr. Emily Stowe founded the Toronto women’s literary club?
It was in 1887.
What was the date that Sir John A McDonald speak again to make the vote a success?
It was on April 27 1885.