Kim Campbell, The Montreal Massacre and Women in Canada
*Kim Campbell became the first female PM in 1993 after Mulroney resigned
*She was defeated 3 months after in the worst defeat in Canadian history, 211 seats - 2
*December 6th, 1989. 14 female students studying at ecole polytechnique were murdered at the school
*Marc Lepine = Gunman and only targeted women
*Reasoning: feminists ruined his chance at a job in engineering
*December 6th became National Day of Remeberance and Action on Violence Against Women
*By the 1990's women were in office at all levels of the government but wages were still not equal to men's
*She was defeated 3 months after in the worst defeat in Canadian history, 211 seats - 2
*December 6th, 1989. 14 female students studying at ecole polytechnique were murdered at the school
*Marc Lepine = Gunman and only targeted women
*Reasoning: feminists ruined his chance at a job in engineering
*December 6th became National Day of Remeberance and Action on Violence Against Women
*By the 1990's women were in office at all levels of the government but wages were still not equal to men's
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Summary
Kim Campbell was an inspiration for many women becoming the first female MP even though she then turned around and had the worst lose in canadian history it wasn't all her fault. Brian Mulroney had a big influence on this as well. The massacre at ecole polytechnique is still a tragedy that we remember to this day.