Benjamin Hoang - History Culminating By Freshstory Period: Jan 28, 1916 to Apr 25, 1940 Women over Canada slowly being granted the right to vote 1921 Agnes Macphail becomes first woman to win a seat in the House of Commons Oct 18, 1929 Person's Case appealed by British Privy Council Feb 15, 1930 Cairine Wilson first female senator sworn in 1948 Asian women and men granted right to vote Feb 3, 1967 Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada established 1969 Sale and advertisement of birth control legalized Jul 12, 1970 Report made by Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada labels 167 ways to reduce gender inequity Jan 30, 1971 National Action Committee on the Status of Women created 1978 Women working at an auto-parts plant called Fleck go on strike 1983 Rape between husband and wife made illegal Apr 17, 1985 Women's Legal Education and Action Fund founded 1988 Abortion legalized 1997 Plebiscite put to Inuit people about gender equity 2012 Idle No More is formed to protest against Bill C-45