Thursday, September 18, 2008

Emily Murphy and Anges MacPhail

Who are they? (1 sentence).
Emily Murphy was the 1ST senatar in the 1930s'. She is best known for her contributions to Canadian feminism, specifically to the question of whether women were "persons case" under Canadian law.
Agnes McPhail was the first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons, and one of the first two women elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

Why were they role models? (3 sentences).
Emily's experience was in court against drugs, in particular opium, and marijuana.
Agnes Macphail joined the socialist ginger group, faction of the progressive party that later led to the formation of the co-operative commonwealth federation (CCF).

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