Suffragist, Author, Henrietta Muir Edwards was known for being a women's rights activist and reformer. She was one of "The Famous Five" (Henrietta Muir Edwards, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, Emily Murphy and Irene Parlby) who fought to have women recognized as "persons" under the Canadian law, with the right to vote in elections. On August 27, 1927, 'the five' petitioned the federal government to refer the issue of the eligibility of women to be senators to the Supreme Court of Canada. (Where they lost unanimously) and to the British Privy Council in 1929 (where they won!). The "Persons case" established that Canadian women were eligible to be appointed senators and that Canadian women had the same rights as Canadian men with respect to positions of political power. The "Persons Case" was later recognized as an Historic Event in 1997. In October 2009, the Senate voted to name Henrietta and the rest of the Famous Five, Canada's first "honorary senators." Henrietta published a periodical, The Working Women of Canada and wrote two books about women and the legal system, Legal Status of Canadian Women (1908) and Legal status of Women in Alberta (1921).
Suffragist, Author, Henrietta Muir Edwards was known for being a women's rights activist and reformer. She was one of "The Famous Five" (Henrietta Muir Edwards, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, Emily Murphy and Irene Parlby) who fought to have women recognized as "persons" under the Canadian law, with the right to vote in elections. On August 27, 1927, 'the five' petitioned the federal government to refer the issue of the eligibility of women to be senators to the Supreme Court of Canada. (Where they lost unanimously) and to the British Privy Council in 1929 (where they won!). The "Persons case" established that Canadian women were eligible to be appointed senators and that Canadian women had the same rights as Canadian men with respect to positions of political power. The "Persons Case" was later recognized as an Historic Event in 1997. In October 2009, the Senate voted to name Henrietta and the rest of the Famous Five, Canada's first "honorary senators." Henrietta published a periodical, The Working Women of Canada and wrote two books about women and the legal system, Legal Status of Canadian Women (1908) and Legal status of Women in Alberta (1921).
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In Loving Memory of
HENRIETTA MUIR
Beloved Wife of
O. C. EDWARDS
Born at Montreal
Dec. 18, 1849
Died at Macleod
Nov. 9, 1931.
Let her own works praise her.
Her delight was in the
Law of the Lord
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