It Started in Manitoba and Why it Matters Today

January 27, 2016

Winnipeg, Manitoba. 100 years ago, Manitoba lead the way by granting Canadian *women suffrage. To mark the occasion, Frmr PM Campbell spoke at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. In her speech, she lauded the achievements of the extraordinary women who successfully campaigned for the vote as well as the right to hold office, and spoke of her own experiences as a woman who was able to break new ground.

Learn more about the Canadian Musueum for Human Rights on their website.

*Aboriginal women did not obtain the right to vote until much later in the century.

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