Many people celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8th. We were curious about Women and Real Estate, here is what our research says.

Legislation was not discussed regarding women and property rights - more specifically during marriage - unless inherited, earned outside the home, or formally held in joint title. According to the Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan’s Beth Wilson, “In 1978, a Supreme Court of Canada decision denied Helen Rathwell of Tompkins, Saskatchewan, her claim to a share of half of the farm that she and her husband had worked on during their twenty-four-year marriage. The criticism generated by this case, along with others like Irene Murdoch's claim (Alberta), decided by the Supreme Court of Canada in 1975, and triggered a