Hi Lauraine - You are very right about Nellie McClung. She and her companions withstood a lot of guff in the late 1920's for their efforts in determining that "women are persons". There is a commemorative sculpture on Parliament Hill in Ottawa as well as in Calgary's Olympic Plaza - seen on their website www.famous5.ca. Freda Stewart-Calgary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lauraine Syrnick" <[email protected]> To: "Cda US Immigration" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 1:01 PM Subject: [CAN-USA-MIG] women's franchise > Off topic: With both our countries shortly facing elections, thought some > of the women on our list might be interested in the history of women > getting the vote. In my Province of Manitoba we had a rather famous > suffragette in Nellie McClung and the women in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and > Alberta were the first to gain the vote in Canada. (correct me if I am > wrong in that belief). > > http://womenshistory.about.com/od/suffrage/a/intl_timeline.htm > > > This information is not meant to bring up politics on this list. Just > thought some might find the site interesting giving them some perspective > on their Grandmother and Great Grandmothers. > > Lauraine > > Women are like teabags. We don't know our true strength until we are in > hot water! > Eleanor Roosevelt > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I > find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the > SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there > is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Freda: Have seen the one on Parliament Hill - had my photo taken standing by it, but have not seen the one in Calgary. It is hard for me to believe that my Grandmother couldn't vote until after 1916. By that date she'd already had 6 of her 10 children. I recall her being quite interested in current affairs and politics. Both my Mom and Dad would have been 4 yrs old when women got the vote in Manitoba. Lauraine ----- Original Message ----- From: "freda stewart" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 7:37 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] women's franchise > Hi Lauraine - You are very right about Nellie McClung. She and her > companions withstood a lot of guff in the late 1920's for their efforts in > determining that "women are persons". There is a commemorative sculpture > on > Parliament Hill in Ottawa as well as in Calgary's Olympic Plaza - seen on > their website www.famous5.ca. > Freda Stewart-Calgary > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lauraine Syrnick" <[email protected]> > To: "Cda US Immigration" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 1:01 PM > Subject: [CAN-USA-MIG] women's franchise > > >> Off topic: With both our countries shortly facing elections, thought >> some >> of the women on our list might be interested in the history of women >> getting the vote. In my Province of Manitoba we had a rather famous >> suffragette in Nellie McClung and the women in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and >> Alberta were the first to gain the vote in Canada. (correct me if I am >> wrong in that belief). >> >> http://womenshistory.about.com/od/suffrage/a/intl_timeline.htm >> >> >> This information is not meant to bring up politics on this list. Just >> thought some might find the site interesting giving them some perspective >> on their Grandmother and Great Grandmothers. >> >> Lauraine >> >> Women are like teabags. We don't know our true strength until we are in >> hot water! >> Eleanor Roosevelt