1. Women's Suffrage in Canada and USA
... those who ask why the word ["persons"] should include females the obvious answer is why should it not? - (Counter Points exploring Canadian issues pg.60) Agnes Campbell Macphail (1890-1954) was the first woman elected into the House of Commons until 1935 and one of the first two women to be elected into the Legislative ... Assembly. In 1921, Agnes Campbell Macphail ran for office along with 5 other women but she was the only one who won a seat. Regardless of the sexual discrimination she had to face ... Parliament and the House of Commons, she still strived on into the world of politics...
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