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FAMOUS FIVE [1 record]

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Record 1 2017-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Historical Names
  • Rights and Freedoms
  • Historical Persons
OBS

Known as The Famous Five (Henrietta Muir Edwards, Irene Parlby, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney and Emily Murphy), these women won the "Persons" Case, a 1929 court ruling which established under the British North America Act the right of women to be appointed to the Senate of Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations historiques
  • Droits et libertés
  • Personnages historiques
OBS

Connues sous le nom «Célèbres cinq» (Henrietta Muir Edwards, Irene Parlby, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney et Emily Murphy), ces femmes ont gagné l'affaire « Personnes », un jugement de 1929 qui a établi en vertu de l'Acte de l’Amérique du Nord britannique, le droit des femmes à être nommées au Sénat du Canada.

Spanish

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