How did the role of the women change from 1867 until the end of World War 1 and when did the women start to be more independent and important for society?

During 1867 - 1916 the women in Canada had, as in most other countries during that time, not a really important role. They weren't allowed to vote and their only job was it to be a good mother. That changed quite a lot when Canada fought in the First World War, because of course, they needed women to work. All the men left to fight, so who else then the women should do the work in factories, on fields, etc.? In 1918 women in Canada got the right to vote. After the First World War ended women became more and more independent and didn't accept their role in society anymore. They knew that a country couldn't exist without them, because they realized during the war how much they were needed. 

The same thing happened also in Europe, for example Germany. The same year as Canadian, German women finally got the right to vote. As for Canada, German women had to work, because all the men were fighting. They realized that they weren't  less than a man and finally fought for their rights!

Nowadays men and women are pretty equal. There are still some situations in the world, when women aren't, but we have to question ourselves if it will be possible and good to be totally equal. Some things are only a 'feminine' thing and some are more 'masculine', but who should decide whether or not a woman or man is able to do something? This is the most famous quote of the charter of rights and freedom, it also says that men and women are equal.

"Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination and, in particular, without discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability."

I chose this question, because I knew that in Germany women had to fight for their rights during that time and I thought that it was really interesting to see, if Canadian women did the same.
I think that inquiry projects are really good to learn, because you can focus on what you are interested in. You try to understand the context and it is really good, because you don't just study it for a test as usually. You try to understand it and build your own opinion on it. I liked doing this inquiry question. 

A look at Racism

Today, as we watched the video 'History of Racism in Canada', I was quite surprised how much racism they actually experienced here. For me, Canada is one of the most tolerant countries in the world, when I think about a country that accepts all people not depending on their social backgrounds or their culture, I automatically start thinking of Canada.
Here, in Canada live a lot of people with different heritages and for me, the canadians seemed as a nation that accepts 'everyone'. I actually don't know how we deal with racism in Germany. Is there an actual way to deal with it? I think it is pretty hard, because when a person starts to believe in their opinion, it's almost impossible to change their mind.

I chose the jewish people that flew from Germany and asked to live in Canada, because I was surprised that the canadians didn't want the jewish people to live here. When we talk about the Holocaust during the second world war we only think about all the jewish people that were killed in Germany, but because canada didn't want to let them into the country, they had to go back to Germany and were killed there.
I don't think that jewish people face racism in Germany anymore, because of our past and history. It would be awful, if there would still be Germans being racist against jewish people, I would wish, I could say, that there is nobody in Germany, but I don't think so. You can't control peoples minds and I believe that there are still people being racist against jews.
Personally, I don't know if I would be interested in exploring the Jews for my Inquiry project, because we talk about jewish people a lot in Germany. I would like to find out something about a group that isn't that familiar to me yet.