The Famous Five (Canada)
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The Famous Five, also known as The Valiant Five, and initially as The Alberta Five, were five prominent Canadian suffragists who advocated for women and children: Henrietta Muir Edwards, Nellie McClun
Henrietta Muir Edwards
Nellie McClung
Louise McKinney
Emily Murphy
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
The Famous Five (Canada)
…Alberta Five, were five prominent Canadian suffragists who advocated for women and children: Henrietta Muir Edwards, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, Emily Murphy, and Irene Parlby. On August 27, 1927, they petitioned the federal government to refer the issue of the eligibility of women to be senator to the Supreme…
Statue of Emily Murphy in the monument to The Famous Five, Parliament Hill, Ottawa
![William Lyon Mackenzie King unveils a plaque commemorating the five Alberta women whose efforts resulted in the Persons Case. [Front, L-R]: Mrs. Muir](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/WLMK_unveiling_plaque_to_Valiant_Five.jpg/500px-WLMK_unveiling_plaque_to_Valiant_Five.jpg)
William Lyon Mackenzie King unveils a plaque commemorating the five Alberta women whose efforts resulted in the Persons Case. [Front, L-R]: Mrs. Muir Edwards, daughter-in-law of Henrietta Muir Edwards; Mrs. J.C. Kenwood, daughter of Judge Emily Murphy; Hon. W.L. Mackenzie King; Mrs. Nellie McClung. [Rear, L-R]: Senators Iva Campbell Fallis, Cairine Wilson (Ottawa).
The cover of Murphy's 1922 book The Black Candle