EMILY MURPHY - CRUSADER ("Janey Canuck") By Byrne Hope Sanders. Inscribed Presentation Copy From One Of Emily Murphy's Daughters.
Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited. 1945. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original green cloth lettered in gilt on front cover and spine. 355 pp. Illustrations, Index. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY From Evelyn Gowan Murphy: "To my loved friend / Donalda Dickie, - / with best wishes from / Emily Murphy's daughter / Evelyn Gowan Murphy. / Vancouver / October. 1952". Light fading to edges of the binding, a very good clean copy in a worn dust jacket, split along the front fold but still fairly attractive. The book is dedicated "To My Mother And Sister, And To Emily Murphy's Daughters" Item #313852
¶ Biography. Emily Murphy (1868 - 1933) was a Canadian women's rights activist. In 1910, she was the first woman appointed to the board of Edmonton Hospital. In 1916, she became the first woman magistrate in Canada, and in the British Empire. She was also appointed as Judge of the Juvenile Court of Edmonton, hence is sometimes referred to as Judge Murphy. She is best known for her contributions to Canadian feminism, specifically to the question of whether women were "persons" under Canadian law. Victory in this important legal case resulted in women being eligible to stand for election as well as confirming her own right to serve on the bench. She campaigned for the 1917 Dower Act, which established that a wife has a legal entitlement to one-third of her husband's estate. From 1913 to 1920, she was President of the Canadian Women's Press Club. She is honored with a statue on Parliament Hill, Ottawa.
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