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Emily Murphy and the Famous Five
-The Persons Case (1929) - female political participation.
-Emily Murphy(suffragist) - a judge from Edmonton -> challenged law that syas only 'persons' allowed to be a judge
-She said women were not persons according to this law
-The Famous Five(Emily Murphy and 4 of her associates) appealed decision that women were not persons.
-Emily Murphy(suffragist) - a judge from Edmonton -> challenged law that syas only 'persons' allowed to be a judge
-She said women were not persons according to this law
-The Famous Five(Emily Murphy and 4 of her associates) appealed decision that women were not persons.
“The exclusion of women from all public offices is a relic of days more barbaric than ours….To those who ask why the word “person” should include females the obvious answer is why should it not?”
- From the Judicial Committee on the Persons Case
- From the Judicial Committee on the Persons Case