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My Great-Grandmother Was Not A Person - Paper

My Great-Grandmother Was Not A Person

. Neither was yours. Up until about 67
years ago no females were. We were supposed to be pregnant and barefoot in the
kitchen. At least that's the perception that the laws enforced. (For ex: The
Election Act of the Dominion of Canada and The Common Law of England) As part of
the British Commonwealth many of our laws were the same as England's and
enforced by British parliament. One such law from the Common Law of England
stated that "A woman is not a person in matters of rights and privileges, but
she is a person in matters of pains and penalties." This gave women second class
citizenship.
Women were not recognized as equals to men, even though the expectations of
women were such that ...

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still holds strong today,
although not as strongly.
Men said that women were to fragile to vote. Yet no man has ever experienced
labor pains. Furthermore no man has fought any battle that was as hard as the
one the famous five women have fought. The Election Act of the Dominion of
Canada states that "No woman, idiot, lunatic, or criminal shall vote." So women
are equal to criminals? It's not a crime to be a woman. We should not be judged
by our sex. On April 19, 1916 women in Alberta were granted the right to vote. A
small battle was won. Five Canadian women have conquered countries and nations
for their rights. When questionning the wording of "qualified persons to the
senate" the Supreme Court of Canada rejected that the word "persons" included
women. This battle was lost but the war was won when the Privy Council of
England (the highest court in the land) ruled that the word "persons" included
women. That was the 18th of October, 1929.
The famous five women are: Irene ...

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Added: 10/12/2004 03:06:05 PM
Category: Social Issues
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