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Capital City Clancy
Saturday Morning Post, March 12 2016
162. Clancy, 3yrs 17wks
While on Parliament Hill we looked at some of the many statues around the Centre Block. This one, technically a monument, which we are showing only part of in this photo, is called "Women Are Persons!". I'm sharing tea and biscuits here with Henrietta Edwards, on the left, and Louise McKinney. Here is their story:
The Famous Five
In 1929, five women won the Persons Case.
The case led to a court ruling that declared women as persons under the law and made them eligible for appointment to the Senate in Canada.
Edmonton artist Barbara Paterson created larger-than-life sculptures to commemorate the five women in a monument entitled "Women are Persons!"
Inaugurated in 2000, the sculptures show the five women celebrating their important legal victory. An empty chair (not shown here) allows visitors to actively participate in the monument.
The five women are:
Henrietta Muir Edwards (1849–1931)
Journalist, suffragist and organizer, Edwards started the Working Girls' Association in 1875. This organization was a forerunner of the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA). Later in life, she moved to Alberta and wrote two books about the effect of federal laws on women and children.
Louise McKinney (1868–1931)
A politician and temperance campaigner, McKinney was
president of the Dominion Women's Christian Union. She was elected to the Alberta legislature in 1917, representing the Non-Partisan League.
Nellie McClung (1873–1951)
Novelist, journalist, suffragist and temperance worker, McClung was a member of the Alberta legislature. She was the only woman on the Dominion War Council and the first woman on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) board of governors.
Irene Parlby (1868–1965)
A suffragist and politician, Parlby was elected president of the women's branch of the United Farmers of Alberta in 1916. She became a member of the Alberta legislature in 1921. Parlby was still a member of Alberta legislature at the time of the Persons Case.
Emily Murphy (1868–1933)
The instigator of the Persons Case, a writer and the first woman magistrate in the British Empire, Murphy pioneered married women's rights. She was National President of the Canadian Women's Press Club from 1913 to 1920, vice-president of the National Council of Women and first president of the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada.
Ottawa, Ontario
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Capital City Clancy
Saturday Morning Post, March 12 2016
162. Clancy, 3yrs 17wks
While on Parliament Hill we looked at some of the many statues around the Centre Block. This one, technically a monument, which we are showing only part of in this photo, is called "Women Are Persons!". I'm sharing tea and biscuits here with Henrietta Edwards, on the left, and Louise McKinney. Here is their story:
The Famous Five
In 1929, five women won the Persons Case.
The case led to a court ruling that declared women as persons under the law and made them eligible for appointment to the Senate in Canada.
Edmonton artist Barbara Paterson created larger-than-life sculptures to commemorate the five women in a monument entitled "Women are Persons!"
Inaugurated in 2000, the sculptures show the five women celebrating their important legal victory. An empty chair (not shown here) allows visitors to actively participate in the monument.
The five women are:
Henrietta Muir Edwards (1849–1931)
Journalist, suffragist and organizer, Edwards started the Working Girls' Association in 1875. This organization was a forerunner of the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA). Later in life, she moved to Alberta and wrote two books about the effect of federal laws on women and children.
Louise McKinney (1868–1931)
A politician and temperance campaigner, McKinney was
president of the Dominion Women's Christian Union. She was elected to the Alberta legislature in 1917, representing the Non-Partisan League.
Nellie McClung (1873–1951)
Novelist, journalist, suffragist and temperance worker, McClung was a member of the Alberta legislature. She was the only woman on the Dominion War Council and the first woman on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) board of governors.
Irene Parlby (1868–1965)
A suffragist and politician, Parlby was elected president of the women's branch of the United Farmers of Alberta in 1916. She became a member of the Alberta legislature in 1921. Parlby was still a member of Alberta legislature at the time of the Persons Case.
Emily Murphy (1868–1933)
The instigator of the Persons Case, a writer and the first woman magistrate in the British Empire, Murphy pioneered married women's rights. She was National President of the Canadian Women's Press Club from 1913 to 1920, vice-president of the National Council of Women and first president of the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada.
Ottawa, Ontario
EXPLORE Clancy:
www.flickr.com/photos/130722340@N04/albums/72157656171825332