Kim Campbell, the Montreal Massacre and Women in Canada
After Mulroney’s resignation in 1993 Campbell became first female PM
Helped get women more rights and equality
Is defeated three months later in worst defeat in Canadian history from 211 seats to 2
Dec. 6, 1989 15 female students from Ecole Polytechnique were murdered at school
Gunman Marc Lepine, who also went to Ecole Polytechnique, only targeted women
Left a suicide note claiming feminists had ruined his chance at a job in engineering
Dec. 6 became National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
By 1990s women held office at all levels of government but wages were not equal
Summary
When the first female Prime Minister, Kim Campbell, this affected the position of women across the country. They began to gain more rights and had more equality and even when Campbell lost three months later, women nationally were now more confident and knew they could speak up and work hard and get the same jobs and respect that men had. Although, some men did not like that, for instance Marc Lepine, the gunman who went into Ecole Polytechnique on Dec 6 1989, a Montreal engineering university, and shot twenty eight people killing 15 as well as himself afterward. But, he only targeted women. Lepine was an unstable misogynist who was 'fighting feminism' because he claimed women had ruined his chances at getting a job. Dec 6 then became a National Day of Remember and Violence Against Women. By the 1990s women could have jobs in all levels of government, although the wages were still not equal, women had made amazing strides to equality.