Actions and Responses
Where are Canadian Women Going - Back to Their Homes or Continue in Business Life
Article by Louise McKinney (endnote 39)
This is an article written in 1919 by Louise McKinney, a women's rights activist from Alberta. In this article McKinney analyses the situation that women were in right after World War One. Numerous women went into industrial and farm work when the men left for the military. When the men returned women were faced with a challenging decision. Should they return to their safe lives as housekeepers, or try to find equity in the workforce? In this article Louise McKinney shares her thoughts on the situation.
Political Cartoon: Women's economic rights
Figure 8: Political (endnote 40)
In this cartoon you can see a woman writing about the "woman's sphere" (meaning what is in the woman's domain): she has crossed out the words "the home" and instead written "wherever she makes good". The implication of this is that a woman is not restricted to a home life. On the sheet she is holding there are multiple other areas, including law, industry, school, etc. as well as the home. This cartoon basically says that women are not restricted merely to home-life but may choose to do whatever profession they wish.
Ad featuring Nellie McClung speaking about women's work
Advertisement for Nellie McClung's lecture on Women's Work (endnote 41)
In this advertisement you can see a lecture by Nellie McClung about Woman's work in Reconstruction after WW1. The word reconstruction is very significant because it shows how Nellie McClung will talk about the revision and the new way of woman's work. This implies that there was a problem with the present situation of woman's work in that time. It also demonstrates a response to try to fix that issue, including the sponsorship of the Ontario Women's Citizens' Association and the United Women Voters.