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Women

Post War

Woman rights

received equal pay for work of equal value

Housewives able to participate in the Canadian Pension Plan

Birth control was available

paid wages during maternity leave (18 weeks) ( now 25 weeks)

More women in government, managerial positions and medicine

some were women in Parliament

4% of women had managerial positions

7% of all doctors were female

95% of all secretaries were female

they did not want to leave their jobs after the men came back from war

Women were expected to go back to their home and take care of their families

World War Two

Women in the Forces

The Canadian Women's Army Corps (CWACs) and the Royal Canadian Air Force (Women's Division) were formedIn 1941. the Royal Canadian Naval Women's Service (Wrens) was formed in 1942

As the Allied war machine grew, women were needed for clerical and other jobs in order to release men for combat.

In 1941, for the first time women were allowed to enlist in the women's division of the Army, Navi and Air Force

Women in War Work

There was a huge change in the percentage of women working in the manufacturing field

Before the war most women worked in clerical or domestic jobs such as nursing and teaching

Women stepped into workplaces previously reserved for men such as factories, machine shops, and farms.

Homefront

Struggles

Working conditions were sometimes dangerous

Often found themselves doing the same jobs as men for a fraction of the pay

Jobs choices were often limited

Many women stepped in to run families, farms and businesses when the men signed up

Low paying jobs such as teaching, domestic work, and low skilled factory work

War Effort

75,000 gave their services in the compilation

about 5,000 women were employed in Civil Service work of a war character

more than 1,000 young women were employed in the Royal Air Force

thousands of women did voluntary work on the farms during the food production campaigns

Many women performed in patriotic duties

1920's

Fashion

Flappers’ would smoke, drank and swear. They loved fast cars and all-night dance clubs.

women were called ‘Flappers’ by men saying women were like baby birds trying to break free of their control.

Scandalously high hemlines, bobbed hair, cloche hats, and “unfeminine” shapes was the new fashions

women's fashion in the 1920’s was very stylish, inexpensive, charming, and modest

School

many were just expected to look after their family until they married or to look after their own children

about only 25% of women attended high school

Work

women occupied low-paying and low-status jobs. Many employers, including the federal government forced women to resign when they got married.

Woman Became "People"

The ‘Famous Five’ took the case to the Judicial Committee of the British Privy Council, who in 1929 ruled that Canadian women were “people’ under the law

In 1928, the Canadian Supreme Court declared that only men were ‘persons’

The 'Famous Five'

challenged the Canadian Supreme Court over women’s status

Alberta’s ‘Famous Five’ included Emily Murphy, Irene Parlby, Nellie McClung, Henrietta Edwards and Louise McKinney

World War One

Propaganda posters

to persuade woman to force or make the men in the family go for war

“The Dorcas Club”

Between January to May of 1917 about 17 ladies made 67 sets of pajamas, 101 pairs of socks and 125 box linings for the men at the front.

allowed single ladies an opportunity to contribute to the war effort

Separation allowances

is paid to a lawful wife who is dependent on her husband and to provide her needs

Jobs

Nursing overseas was very dangerous since many women were wounded and killed by enemy fire

Many enlisted as nurses and took care of wounded and/or dying soldiers

were not allowed to sign up as soldiers, sailors, or pilots