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Famous Five
Five Canadian Women and their Fight to Become Persons
Nancy Millar
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By 1916, women had made much progress in their legal standing. Emily Murphy was appointed a police magistrate in Edmonton, the first woman in the British Empire to hold such a position. But on her first day in court, a lawyer argued that she was not a Person according to the definitions of the British North America Actand therefore could not be a judge. While the Alberta Legislature changed the law, affirming that she could be a judge, the wording of the BNA Act became a cause for Emily Murphy when her name was forwarded for a seat in the Senate, an application that was denied because of the wording of the BNA Act. The result was the formation of the Famous Five - Emily Murphy, Nellie McClung, Henriettea Muir Edwards, Irene Parlby and Louise McKinney and a case that went all the way to the Priy Council in London.
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Price: $16.95
ISBN: 0-920109-16-0
2003, Deadwood Publishing
Binding: Softcover
Length: 120
Status: Available |
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