Anyone who is familiar with Margaret Haile

has read of her political affiliation being with the socialist party.  Although she lived in North America during the time when several women’s groups were organized solely for women getting the vote, the literature focused on the suffragettes history merely skims upon the fact that the Socialist Party of America was for equal opportunities for women, if it is mentioned at all.  The Socialist Party of America wanted women and all United States citizens to have equality. Allowing land ownership, employment in fields outside of teaching and journalism, equal pay and of course, the vote was amongst the socialist beliefs. The general populace thinking was and still is today that the socialist party was only about companies being held as a co-operative commonwealth. 
Even with these differences, Margaret Haile, just like Eugene Debs, Frederick Heath, Victor Berger and many others, deserves to be recognized as a proactivist thinker of her day. During her lifetime, she was one of several other women whose involvement was viewed as diminutive and thus not recorded in history books.
The Canadian socialist party was the first North American party to nominate a woman for a legislative position.  They nominated Margaret Haile. This happened in 1902. Women in Canada didn’t get the right to vote until 1918. Margaret should be seen as a pioneer for bringing the issue of women’s inequality to the forefront of people’s minds by being fearless enough to be nominated for this position.  
Margaret’s story will enlighten history buffs, woman rights activists and those who seek to put puzzle pieces together by taking you on a reading adventure like no other.  Select here to learn more about In Solidarity, Margaret Haile.