Henrietta Edwards
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Henrietta Muir Edwards was a Canadian women's rights activist, author and reformer. She was the eldest of "The Famous Five", along with Emily Murphy, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney and Irene Parlby,
Henrietta Edwards
Holding tea cup, Famous Five statue, Parliament Hill, Ottawa
PM W.L. Mackenzie King unveiled a plaque from the Canadian Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs honouring Edwards and her colleagues from the Persons Case (1938, Edwards's daughter-in-law at left)
Emily Murphy
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Emily Murphy was a Canadian women's rights activist and author. In June 1916, she became the first female magistrate in the British Empire. She is best known for her contributions to Canadian feminism
Henrietta Edwards
…18 December 1849 – 10 November 1931) was a Canadian women's rights activist, author and reformer. She was the eldest of "The Famous Five", along with Emily Murphy, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney and Irene Parlby, who fought to have women recognized as "persons" under the law, and for the woman's right to vote…
Emily Murphy c 1917
Statue of Emily Murphy in the monument to The Famous Five, Parliament Hill, Ottawa
The cover of Murphy's 1922 book The Black Candle