from 1927-1929 five Albertan women fought under the leadership of Emily Murphy, went up against the BNA act ( British North America act) at the start the BNA act did not have Women as persons so they could not go for members of Parliament. Emily Murphy and her group of followers went and fought the law and won making women under the BNA act as persons.
Emily Murphy (1868-1933) was national president of the Canadian Women's Press Club, 1913-1920. Vice-president of the National Council of Women and first president for the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada
The other 4 Women that were on the case were:
Henrietta Muir Edwards 1849-1931 - Journalist.
Louise McKinney 1868-1931 - politician and temperance campaigner.
Irene Parlby 1868-1965 - suffragette and politician.
Nellie L. McClung 1873-1951 - novelist, journalist, suffragette and temperance worker.
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