http://www.aph.gov.au/library/handbook/elections/index.htm [7] Henderson, Alisa. “Consequences of Electoral Reform: Lessons for Canada.” Canadian Public Policy Vol. 32 No. 1 (2006) : 52 [8] Ibid. 52 [9] Henderson, Alisa.
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The Famous Five: Helping Women Socially Economically and Politically There are unlimited names of famous Canadian Leaders who have worked to help Canada become a better place. From Prime Ministers like Lester B Pearson or Pierre Trudeau to average people like Terry fox. The famous five however accomplished more things for the women in Canada than any other Canadian. Emily Murphy, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Louise McKinney, Irene Parlby, and Nellie McClung with the persons case helped Canadian women on a social economic and political level. Up until 1929 (Evans), the legal term for “person” did not apply to women according to the Canadian Constitution.
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Judging Bertha Wilson: Law as Large as Life by Ellen Anderson Book Review Women have achieved many great things since 1914. They have gained better education and if it wasn't for certain women we would never been acknowledged as a "person." Ellen Anderson has created the first biography of Canada's first woman Supreme Court judge, Bertha Wilson. This is a book that is long overdue, given that Madam Justice Wilson's historic importance as a jurist in Canada. The book is defined on the cover as an intellectual biography observing interviews with Bertha Wilson, her husband John Wilson, and many relatives, friends and contemporaries of her.
P.S. 517 Nancy Pelosi “Being the first woman speaker and breaking the marble ceiling is pretty important. Now it's time to move on.” This is a quote from Nancy Pelosi, just from this quote it is clear that she is unique in the sense that is was the first female speaker of the House. But more importantly that she does not sit idle on this achievement alone, but carries forward to perform her job to the best of her abilities. In this paper there will be a wide variety of information from her basic background information, party allegiance, and her life in the senate.
The Life Story of Henrietta Muir Edwards Good morning, I’d like to introduce myself. I am Henrietta Muir Edwards. For those of you who don’t know me I’d like to give you a little background about myself. I am a Canadian women who may be the least well known of the “Famous Five”. I’m the eldest of the “Famous Five”, I am a legal expert and women often came to me for help with legal issues affecting women and children.
Changing Attitudes in British society towards women was the main reason why women achieved the vote in 1918. How accurate is this view? Why Women achieved the vote in 1918 essay The 1918 Representation of the People Act gave women over 30 and who were University graduates and householders owners the vote. Prior to 1918, women were treated as second class citizens; they were regarded as ‘stupid’ and incapable of making intelligent decisions. Women had few rights and were controlled by their husbands.
In 1916, she became the first women magistrate in Canada. As magistrate of the newly-created Women's Court in Edmonton, she had just severely sentenced a bootlegger when the latter's attorney challenged her ruling on the grounds that she was not a "person" and was therefore occupying the office of magistrate was illegal. Her acts were often challenged as the BNA Act (British North-American Act) stated that “Women are not ‘qualified persons’ in Section 24 of this act, and therefore are not eligible for appointment by the Governor General to the Senate of Canada”.2 The BNA Act also used the word “persons” to refer to more than one person and “he” to refer to one person, this was further argued that women were not mentioned in the Act as “her” and since persons did not apply to women, they did not have to follow the laws of the nation. Emily Murphy wanted to change this with a drastic attempt at facing the Federal Government with such a
America contributed greatly to the losses of rights for Afghan women and is now trying to rectify the situation by establishing a government based on equality and human rights. Background As early as 1928, the Afghanistan government had already begun to address the equality and rights of women. They actively promoted universal education, banned childhood marriages, and even implemented a western dress code in Kabul. Although, the conservative Mullahs later repealed these drastic changes the fact that they had been implemented at all is quite significant. By 1970, fifteen percent of legislative posts were held by women, and they had obtained equal rights and were allowed to vote.