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I think that my most important contribution was, in fact, being there, my ongoing presence. The fact that young women knew where to find me, that I was ready to be consulted, and that my own career evolved clearly and openly.

Ursula Franklin,

Physicist, educator, feminist and social activist

Today in Canadian History

Oct 17
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Women's Suffrage

Women in Canada obtained the right to vote in a sporadic fashion. Federal authorities granted them the franchise in 1918, more than two years after the women of Manitoba became the first to vote at the provincial level.

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Women in the Canadian Military Resource Kit

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