Famous Five and the Persons Case I
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- We don't have to listen to you!
- Your not even a person!
- You should not be a Judge!
- We want to vote!!
- Women are people
- Women should be allowed to vote
- We want to vote!!
- Emily Murphy was the first woman to be a judge in the British Empire. Lots of the male lawyers challenged her right to be a judge. They claimed that she was not a "person" and therefore they would not have to obey her rulings.
- Women felt upset because they felt they were not receiving the respect due to them after their war contributions and sacrifices. They now felt passionate about gaining greater roles in society.
- During WWI women took on roles that men usually held, this included things like farm work. Women now viewed themselves as more than homemakers.
- We would like to be included with the word "person"
- After WWI women were determined to vote as they felt they had earned it. Many men also supported them. Because of this, many people would crowd the street demanding the right to vote.
- We won't give up
- We have decided that women are not people
- Yaaa!
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- Emily Murphy, Nellie McClung, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Louise McKinney, and Irene Parlby made up the Famous Five. They were Albertan women determined to be included in the word "person" in Section 24 of the British North America Act.
- The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that women were not considered "persons" under the BNA Act. While this was disappointing for the Famous Five they did not give up.
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