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October 18, 2024, is the 95th Anniversary of the Persons Case.
The Persons Case was a constitutional ruling that established the right of women to be appointed to the Senate. The case was initiated by the Famous Five, a group of prominent Canadian women activists from Alberta. Henrietta Muir Edwards was the Vice-President, for the Province of Alberta, of the National Council of Women for Canada; Nellie L. McClung and Louise C. McKinney were, for several years, members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta; Emily F. Murphy was a police magistrate in and for the Province of Alberta; and Irene Parlby was a current member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta and a member of the Executive Council (i.e., the Cabinet) thereof.
In 1928, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that women were not “persons” according to the British North America Act (now called the Constitution Act, 1867). Therefore, they were ineligible for appointment to the Senate though they could be elected to the Canadian House of Commons. However, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London reversed the Court’s decision on October 18, 1929. The Persons Case enabled women to work for change in both the House of Commons and the Senate. It also meant that women could no longer be denied rights based on a narrow interpretation of the law.
Nellie McClung wrote a moving essay announcing the results of the Persons Case; it is on Faded Page and entitled “Now That We are Persons”. Please, do read it.
If you want to see the wording of the Judgment of the Privy Council, check out this web page: The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council Decisions. If you wish, you can download the actual PDF to your computer by clicking on “Judgment” in the table, or you can read the version of the PDF (which has some minor errors) on that web page. DPC volunteers have properly proofed the “Judgment” document and it is currently being post-processed for uploading to Faded Page. We are also currently working on the various supporting documents that were submitted to the Privy Council and they will eventually be posted to Faded Page.
On the Famous Five DPC wikipage, you will find more information on these women, along with lists of their books or other articles and their status, whether as a DPC project or already posted to Faded Page. There are more stories and articles by the Famous Five that are currently or will soon be in the rounds.
If you like what we do here on Faded Page and want to help us add even more public domain books to the site, come join us and proofread a few pages. For more information about how to volunteer, check out our companion site, Distributed Proofreaders Canada.
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