Women's Right to Vote

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Across

  1. Who were the first Canadian women to get the federal vote?
  2. Every year between 1905 and 1916, when a bill to give women the vote was introduced in the Ontario legislature, it was greeted with _________.
  3. By 1917 women could vote in ______ provincial elections.
  4. Who in his election victory speech thanked, “Women’s Wonderful Devotion” and acknowledged women’s contribution to the war effort?
  5. The Dominion Elections Act of 1920 excluded some __________.

Down

  1. One of the most important leaders of Canada’s feminism movement.
  2. Who said that “the majority of women are emotional and if given the franchise would be a menace rather than an aid.”
  3. The _________ Elections Act introduced by Prime Minister Robert Borden, inadvertently benefited women.
  4. The first province to grant women the right to vote.
  5. Nellie McClung’s 1914 satirical play that helped consolidate support for the women’s cause ran in this city.
  6. In 1920 women over the age of 21 could vote in federal elections, regardless of whether they had the right to vote in ______________ elections.
  7. Area that was a hotbed for suffragette activity in the early twentieth century.


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