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Taking its title from a phrase uttered by Manitoba's illustrious
Premier, Sir Rodmond Roblin,
during a heated exchange
with Nellie McClung, Nice
Women Don't Want the Vote,
an exhibit developed by the
Manitoba Museum, opened
at the New Iceland Heritage
Museum on Manitoba Day,
May 12th, and will run until
June 27th, 2016. The exhibit
outlines the historical context
of the suffragist movement
and commemorates the 100th
anniversary of Manitoba
women winning the right to
vote.
"The exhibit outlines the
causes, the contradictions,
and the people involved in
the suffragist movement,
emphasizing the fact that
suffragists wanted real power
in order to change society.
"Nice Women Don't Want
the Vote includes fascinating
artefacts that prove that this
was a real fight that had been
brewing for 25 years, while
also revealing the tensions
within the movement," says
Dr. Roland Sawatzky, Curator
of History at the Manitoba
Museum. Through artefacts
and photographs, the exhibit
also explains why some
Canadians, like Indigenous
people and immigrants, were
often left out of the discussion.
As there were very few
artefacts related to this
significant event in the
collections of the Manitoba
Museum, or any other
Canadian institution, a call
was put out to the public for
items to include in the exhibit.
Manitobans responded
enthusiastically and many
items were donated or loaned
to the Museum to better tell
these very important stories.
"Seeing the fragile nature
of democracy at this moment in
time reminds us that a vote is a
form of individual power that
needs to be used and protected.
On January 28, 1916, the
Manitoba Legislature amended
the Manitoba Election Act,
making Manitoba the first
province in Canada to extend
the franchise to women and we
hope this exhibit will provide
an opportunity for Canadians
to deepen their knowledge of
voting and women's rights,"
adds Claudette Leclerc,
Executive Director for the
Manitoba Museum.
"This touring exhibition
will inspire women and men
and children across Manitoba
and beyond to keep thinking
about – and working for
– justice and freedom long
after we mark the 100 years
since the first Manitoba
women received the vote,"
says The Honourable Janice
Filmon, Lieutenant Governor
of Manitoba and Honorary
Patron of the exhibit.
The exhibit includes an
interactive audio component
featuring a selection of oral
history clips and a comment
"ballot box" where visitors
can add their voice to the
conversation by writing to
the suffragists of the past or
commenting on the importance
of voting today.
“We are thrilled to host
this exhibit that portrays
a significant milestone in
Manitoba’s history and it
seems particularly suitable
to open this exhibit on
Manitoba Day. In addition
to Nice Women Don't Want
the Vote, NIHM is also
proud to be opening another
temporary exhibit, Then &
Now, by the Jon Sigurdsson
Chapter IODE in recognition
of the 100 anniversary of the
organization,” says Tammy
Axelsson, Executive Director
of the New Iceland Heritage
Museum.
Special thanks are due
to the Honorary Patron of
Nice Women Don’t Want the
Vote, The Honourable Janice
Filmon, CM, OM, Lieutenant
Governor of Manitoba; and to
the sponsors: the Government
of Canada, Wawanesa
Insurance, Marion Kaffka,
the Province of Manitoba,
Winnipeg Free Press and The
Nellie McClung Foundation.
The Icelandic National League of North America is pleased to announce that Dr. Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson will be
its 2016 Lecturer for the International Visits
Program. He will be travelling across North
America speaking to INL of NA clubs. He will
be giving an overview of Icelandic history to the
present day. We are certain that his talks will be
highly interesting and entertaining. Guðni has a
personal connection to Canada as his wife is a
Canadian from the Ottawa area.
Guðni is a professor at the University
of Iceland and teaches in the Department
of History. He studied at the University of
Warwick, University of Iceland, and completed
his PhD at the University of London, where his
doctoral thesis was “Troubled Waters. Cod War,
Fishing Disputes, and Britain’s Fight for the
Freedom of the High Seas, 1948-64.”
Guðni often speaks as a political
commentator. This year has been interesting for
him because many people have urged him to
run for President of Iceland and, on May 5th, he
bowed to public pressure and announced that he
was entering the race for the presidency.
In October 2015, Dr. Grímur Valdimarsson
was the INL of NA International visitor and
toured the INL of NA clubs and presented an
interesting talk about the state of the world’s
fisheries and Iceland’s fishing practices. Grímur
was well received where ever he spoke.
The speaking tour will be conducted during
the first two weeks of November 2016. For more
information, please contact Alicyn Goodman,
Chair, IVP Committee (alicyn@mymts.net).
Guðni Th. Jóhannesson next
INL of NA International Visitor
Alicyn Goodman
Winnipeg, MB
PHOTO: © AXEL SIGURÐARSON 2016 COURTESY OF GUDNITH.IS
"Nice women don't
want the vote"
The New Iceland Heritage Museum
celebrates the 100th anniversary of
Manitoba women winning the right to vote
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