One Hundred Years of Struggle: The History of Women and the Vote in Canada by Joan Sangster

Abstract

The first book in the Women's Suffrage and the Struggle for Democracy series provides a nuanced view of women's fight for the vote at a federal level. Acclaimed historian Joan Sangster shows that the struggle for equality included gains and losses, inclusions and exclusions, depending on a woman's race, class, and location in the nation. Introduction -- The Privilege of Property -- Race and the Idea of Rights for Women -- Suffrage as a Socialist Issue -- Making Sufragists -- The Anti-suffragists -- Feminist Countercultures -- Debating War and Peace -- Old and New Agendas in Peacetime -- Votes for All Women -- Afterword.