Agnes Macphail
Agnes Macphail
Agnes Campbell Macphailwas the first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons, and one of the first two women elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Active throughout her life in progressive Canadian politics, Macphail worked for two separate parties and promoted her ideas through column-writing, activist organizing, and legislation...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth24 March 1890
CountryCanada
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It is a fact that all women contribute more to marriage than men; for the most part they have to change their place of living, their method of work, a great many women today changing their occupation entirely on marriage; and they must even change their name.
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If they are willing to give women economic freedom in that home, if they are willing to live by the standard they wish women to live by, then homes will be preserves.
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I owed it to my father that I was elected to Parliament in the first place, but I owed it to my mother that I stuck it out once I got there.
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Never apologize. Never explain. Just get the thing done, and let them howl.
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If the preservation of the home means the enslavement of women, economically or morally, then we had better break it.
men feet house
When I first came to the House of Commons and walked out into the lobby, men sprang to their feet. I asked them to sit down since I'd come to walk around. I didn't want them doing me favours.
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Most of the women who have offered themselves for public office over the years have done so, I believe, more because of the 'dirt' than in spite of it.
wall hands government
The way to get things out of a government is to back them to the wall, put your hands to their throats, and you will get all they have.
lying believe home
I believe the preservation of the home in the future lies almost entirely in the hands of men.
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Whatever is dirty, it is women's job to clean up, or drive some man to clean up, and that goes for everything from cellar to senate.
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I suggest that there is a splendid way out of the difficulty of marriage, and that is my way - stay out.
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We meet all life's greatest tests alone.
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It is a fact that all women contribute more to marriage than men for the most part they have to change their place of living, their method of work, a great many women today changing their occupation entirely on marriage and they must even change their name.
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Patriotism is not dying for one's country, it is living for one's country. And for humanity. Perhaps that is not as romantic, but it's better.