Women Should Vote: A short history of how women won the franchise in Ontario

The documentary follows the activism of prominent suffragists such as Emily Stowe, as they struggled for an equal say in their own future. These women formed associations, petitioned the Ontario Legislature, wrote essays, and held satirical events to achieve their goals of equal rights for women. It is a celebration of the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in Ontario.

Documentary

Women Should Vote: A short history of how women won the franchise in Ontario

Similar Films

  • Grow a Better Dallas
  • Disney Presents: Main Street Electrical Parade - Farewell Season
  • 더 플랜
  • Cult People
  • Heavenly Bodies
  • Je suis FEMEN
  • Black Pénélope
  • Song of Umm Dalaila, the Story of the Sahrawis
  • The Invisible Subtitler
  • Action Directe
  • A League of Her Own
  • Escape
  • Fuji
  • Deep Ocean: The Lost World of the Pacific
  • Making Mary and Max
  • The End of Men
  • Remembering Miss Torso
  • Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair
  • Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché

NextFilm 2025