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Taught in several rural schools
She graduated in 1910 with a second class teacher's certificate. She applied for five positions and was accepted at all five. She claimed that this was not due to her competence but due to a scarcity of teachers at the time.She taught in several rural schools in such communities as Port Elgin, Honeywood and Newmarket. She was very organized, and most of all took lot's of responabilty when taking the five jobs at the same time. -
Agnes Campbell Macphail was the first woman elected to the Canadian House of Commons
Agnes Campbell Macphail was the first woman elected to the Canadian House of Commons, she was a very bold leader. She was veyr good at inspriing other people by being abel to communicate with them in very particular ways, like making them feel the emotions she felt. -
Frst woman member of a Canadian delegation to the League of Nations
Becasue she was always interested in global issues problems, she was able to be the first woman member of a Canadian delegation to the League of Nations. Her big thinking and the way she searched for new solutions was one of the characteristics that lead her to become a leader. -
Archambault Commission was formed to investigate the condition of prisons in Canada.
Regarded as a feminist, she also supported issues including international cooperation, old age pensions, prison reforms and disarmament. Due to her initiative, Archambault Commission was formed to investigate the condition of prisons in Canada. She showed integrity and becuase of that she was trusted to invenstaige the condition of prisons in Canda. -
Expressed her regard on the education in Canada
Apart from that, she openly expressed her displeasure regarding low standard of education provided at the Royal College of Canada. -
Canadian politics endorsed with column writing and legislation
Agnes was active in progressive Canadian politics and endorsed her ideas as an activist, column writing and legislation. She used to write columns for the Farmer's Sun while working as a school teacher in Ontario. -
Became a part of the socialist Ginger Group
As a member of the Progressive Party, she became a part of the socialist Ginger Group. This group was actively involved for the formation of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF). As a leader, she wanted to serve and help others. With the help of other charcateristics of her, she was able to become part of a very important group. -
Joined the United Farmers of Ontario
She was always interested in problems related to agricultural sector. To fulfill her desire to represent the farmers of her region, she joined the United Farmers of Ontario. She even used to write agricultural columns for the Globe and Mail, a newspaper in Toronto. Because of her risk taking and deciison making in her specialities, she did everything possible to represnt the famers of her region. The way she convinced them to trust in her was amazing, mostly because she did ran through risks, -
Joined the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
She played a significant role in the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, and she was able to be part of it because of commitment, courgae and risk taking. She took a great risk since the beggining by being the only women every accepted in the league.
