Annie Gale was elected to Calgary city council 100 years ago, so is progress still being made?
 

Annie Gale was the first female elected official in Canada, joining Calgary city council in 1917, but a current female councillor, one of only two, says civic discourse has become so toxic, fewer and fewer women are putting their names forward because it’s just not worth the abuse.


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