Women in the 1920's

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Across
  1. 3. She was a journalist, politician, legal reformer and author
  2. 4. Every women should lead a _______
  3. 5. The most dramatic change in the household for women was with the ___________
  4. 8. Many believed women should limit strenuous activity in sports as it can cause and increase in ________
  5. 9. This famous sports journalist popularising sports for women set many records in track and field during the 1928 Olympics
  6. 10. Women were not considered to be the family's source of ______ instead for them to stay home and take care of the family
  7. 11. This overturned the earlier Supreme Court decision and ruled that women were persons and qualified for Senate appointments
  8. 15. Women were still viewed by many Canadians as being inferior to ______
  9. 16. Emily Murphy, Irene Parlby, Nellie McClung, Henrietta Edwards and Louise McKinney
  10. 18. The 1920's was considered the "_______ age of Sports for women"
  11. 19. New _______ were introduced to reduce physical contact and exertion for females in the 1930's, leading to the decline of women in sports
Down
  1. 1. Women were considered not __________ to to cope with the strain of sports
  2. 2. This ruled that the word 'persons' in the Consitution meant only male persons and not women
  3. 6. When men returned home, women went back to being ________
  4. 7. The largest organisation for women in the 1920's
  5. 8. Up to 30 000 Women would eventually work here during WWI
  6. 12. This helped reduce work for the mothers, giving them more time to care for children and older people in the family
  7. 13. Women received a significant _______ than men who got exactly the same job
  8. 14. The first woman to be appointed to the senate in the 1930's
  9. 17. When female civil servants got married, they had to _______ because men were still considered the breadwinner of the family