Kim Campbell: Women in Parliament

Photograph taken by Denise Grant, rights owned by Kim Campbell.

It’s been ninety years since women in Canada won the right to stand for election to Parliament.

Kim Campbell was Canada’s first female prime minister. Did being a woman in the top job make a difference?

In a podcast with associate editor Nelle Oosterom, Campbell reflects back on her own experience as a woman in Canadian politics.

For more about the history of women in Canada’s Parliament, read the June-July issue of Canada’s History magazine.