Women at the Hustings: Gender, Citizenship and the Montreal By-Elections of 1832
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Women at the Hustings: Gender, Citizenship and the Montreal By-Elections of 1832
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| Abstract |
In 1832, Lower Canadian women could vote if they owned or rented property of the required value in their own name. The author discovered that 226 women, or 14 percent of the eligible electorate, exercised their right in a contentious 1832 by-election in Montreal.
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Rethinking Canada: The Promise of Women's History
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Toronto
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Oxford University Press
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2006
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73-94
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| Language |
en
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0-7730-5097-3
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| Citation |
Bradbury, Bettina. “Women at the Hustings: Gender, Citizenship and the Montreal By-Elections of 1832.” In Rethinking Canada: The Promise of Women’s History, edited by Mona Gleason and Adele Perry, 73–94. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2006.
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