Our Voices Must Be Heard: Women and the Vote in Ontario

by Tarah Brookfield

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774860197
• ISBN13: 9780774860192
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.6"