“Honey, you're not a person, now go back to the kitchen and make me a sandwich!” If a husband said these words to his wife today, he would probably receive a well-deserved slap in the face. It is only recently that Canadian women have received their status as people and have been granted the same rights as men. Women were excluded from academic education and received lower pay than their male counterparts. Because of the many difficulties women faced, women were considered the “slaves of slaves” (women's rights). Over the past century, women have fought for their rights, transforming women from the point of being property to “holding 25% of senior positions in Canada” (More women in top positions: Report). The Married Women's Property Act, the First World War, the Persons Act and the Canadian Human Rights Act earned Canadian women their rights. “What's yours is mine and what's mine is mine” (Women's Rights). This quote may seem ridiculous. However, this quote gave a clear reflection on the lives of women before 1900; women were not considered “people.” Once a woman married, she lost all her rights! This continued until Ontario passed the Married Women's Property Act in 1884. The married women's rights movements grew with momentum as other provinces also began to pass the Act. Before the law was passed when women married, all her property passed to her husband. The husband could spend all his wife's money and leave her, even if it was immoral, he would not be found guilty. Wealthy families sought to end the possibility of their daughter's wealth being exploited by entering into prenuptial contracts. These contracts were signed before the couple got married; it outlined… in the middle of the paper… Nadian women could no longer be denied access to education, equal pay, employment and their rights. Finally, after a century, Canadian women won the rights they fought so hard for. Currently, Canadian women are helping women from third world countries gain the same rights that Canadian women have received. Some well-known foundations are "Because I am a girl", donations are sent to girls in the third world country so that they can get food, shelter and an education, enabling them to make a change in their society. Canadian women would not have been able to create projects to help women of other nations gain their rights if it were not for the Married Women's Property Act, the First World War, the Person's Case, and the Canadian Human Rights Act. These milestones in Canadian history have allowed Canadian women to continue fighting for women's rights on the global stage.