Maternal feminists argue that women deserve a place in politics due to their more gentle, pure and nurturing natures, which would have a positive effect on political doings. Ferguson commends Macphail for standing her ground in a hostile environment, which she addressed with humour.
Macphail sets the example of a fearless politician that had the courage of her convictions, Ferguson says. She should be respected for standing her ground and keeping touch with her goal, which was to help those she represented. Two years after women gained the right to run for Parliament, Macphail was elected to the House of Commons in the first federal election in which women could vote, representing South-East Grey County.
Macphail went as a delegate to League of Nations in Geneva — the first Canadian woman to do so. There, she was a member of World Disarmament Committee. Macphail played a large role in establishing a royal commission to investigate Canadian prison conditions, leading to several reforms. Macphail was one of the two first women elected into the Ontario legislature, the other being Rae Luckock. Though she was not re-elected in , she regained a spot in the legislature from It is a duty as well as a privilege to preserve the stories of the pioneer days in Ontario that the children of today and tomorrow will realize what a struggle it was to clear land and make it fir for cultivation, and that they may be proud to be descendants of the clearers of the forest and the tillers of the soil I hope that these two stories of pioneer women, though so imperfectly told, will help us all to revere the memory of those who have gone on, and to tenderly love and care for those who yet remain, and to consider it a blessed privilege to have heard the stories of early life in Ontario with all its toil, its simple joys; its pathos and bravery from their own lips.
Such people, your grandparents and mine, are the real builders of this country. They were and are true patriots. Through Agnes's membership in the United Farmers of Ontario, she was asked to run against 24 other opponents for the Parliamentary seat in Grey County in the election. She was elected to the House of Commons as a member of the Progressive party.
She was re-elected in , , and Her politics tended to run too progressive, though, and she began to identify as a socialist. She joined a small group of like-minded Progressives and they soon formed their own party, the Co-operative Commonwealth Foundation. Macphail again ran as an MP in , identifying as a United Farmers Of Ontario-Labour candidate even though the group wasn't officially a political party anymore. She held that seat until She lost that seat in , then gained it again in During this term, she passed Ontario's first legislation guaranteeing equal pay for women and men in the workforce.
Macphail died in , at the age of Macphail cared strongly about many issues: prison reform, women's rights, pensions, abolition of the death penalty, workers' rights, pacifism, support for disabled citizens, low-cost housing, and the issues affecting her rural constituents.
She was educated and opinionated on everything from human rights to international trade , and was brilliant at galvanizing her support base in Ontario to win elections, write letters, and speak up about their opinions. One of Macphail's strongest political passions was prison reform. Dramatic Irony Cacophony Anaphora Setting. View all literature worksheets.
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View all President worksheets. View all author worksheets. View all musician worksheets. View all inventor worksheets. View all athlete worksheets. View all civil rights worksheets. She also faced criticism from fellow MPs and journalists who opposed her stance on political and social issues. She entered politics to represent the farmers of her region. Throughout her political career, she also championed the rights of miners, immigrants, prisoners, women, and other marginalized groups.
Macphail tirelessly worked for her rural constituents. She denounced the high tariffs that benefited manufacturers at the expense of farmers. However, her sympathies were not only for rural workers. She fought for many other disadvantaged groups.
Undaunted by accusations of communism, she criticized the government for providing subsidies to the British Empire Steel Corporation while ignoring the plight of miners in Nova Scotia , who suffered low wages and poor living conditions. The poor conditions and precarious circumstances of the working class drove Macphail and some of her colleagues to promote a co-operative movement that would protect the interests of farmers and industrial workers.
When neither the Liberal nor the Conservative governments seemed capable of responding to the Great Depression of the s, the Ginger Group allied with the League for Social Reconstruction and various agrarian, labour , and socialist groups.
The CCF promoted the nationalization of key industries. It also called for the creation of a welfare state , which would provide universal pensions , health insurance and unemployment insurance. See also New Democratic Party. Macphail was a founding member of the CCF. However, when the United Farmers of Ontario withdrew from the CCF in due to fears of communist influence , Macphail was forced to leave as well. Yet she continued to associate with members of the CCF. In, she began attending caucus meetings.
She rejoined the CCF in the s and represented the party in the Ontario legislature. In , prisoners at the Kingston Penitentiary rioted.
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