Title Ours by every law of right and justice : women and the vote in the Prairie Provinces / Sarah Carter

Published Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (280 pages) : illustrations Series Women's suffrage and the struggle for democracy ; volume 5 Women's suffrage and the struggle for democracy ; v. 5. Contents Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Settler Suffragists: Contexts, Causes, Obstacles -- 2 Manitoba: A Long Sustained and Just Action -- 3 Saskatchewan: A Spark Nearly Smothered -- 4 Alberta: Plain, Old-Fashioned, Unfrilled Justice -- 5 A New Day Coming? -- Acknowledgments -- Sources and Further Reading -- Photo Credits -- Index Summary "Many of Canada's most famous suffragists lived and campaigned in the Prairie provinces, which led the way in granting women the right to vote and hold office. In Ours by Every Law of Right and Justice, Sarah Carter challenges the myth that grateful male legislators simply handed women the vote when it was asked for. Settler suffragists worked long and hard to overcome obstacles and persuade doubters. But even as they petitioned for the vote for their sisters, they often approved of that same right being denied to "foreigners" and Indigenous peoples. By situating the suffragists' struggle in the colonial history of Prairie Canada, this powerful and passionate book shows that the right to vote meant different things to different people."-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 07, 2020) Subject Women -- Suffrage -- Prairie Provinces -- History Suffrage -- Prairie Provinces -- History Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Prairie Provinces -- History Women -- Prairie Provinces -- Social conditions Suffragists -- Prairie Provinces -- History Voting -- Prairie Provinces -- History HISTORY / Women . Suffrage Suffragists Voting Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. Women -- Social conditions Women -- Suffrage Prairie Provinces Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 0774861894 9780774861908 0774861908 9780774861915 0774861916 9780774861892

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