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Our Voices Must Be Heard

Women and the Vote in Ontario

by (author) Tarah Brookfield

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Nov 2018
Category
Women, Women's Studies, Post-Confederation (1867-), Ontario (ON)
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774860192
    Publish Date
    Nov 2018
    List Price
    $27.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774860222
    Publish Date
    Nov 2018
    List Price
    $27.99

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Description

In 1844, seven widows dared to cast ballots in an election in Canada West, a display of feminist effrontery that was quickly punished: the government struck a law excluding women from the vote. It would be seven decades before women regained voting rights in Ontario. Our Voices Must Be Heard explores Ontario’s suffrage history, examining its ideals and failings, its daring supporters and thunderous enemies, and its blind spots on matters of race and class. It looks at how and why suffragists from around the province joined an international movement they called “the great cause.”

 

This is the second volume in the seven-part Women’s Suffrage and the Struggle for Democracy series.

About the author

Tarah Brookfield is an assistant professor at Wilfrid Laurier University’s Brantford campus, where she teaches in contemporary studies, history, and youth and children studies.

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Awards

  • Winner, Alison Prentice Award for Best Book in Ontario Women's and Gender History, Ontario Historical Society