Women's Studies 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: United Nations Human Rights Committee, Socalled, Sexual Slavery
3 Apr 2016
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Lynn gehl persons" day: the indigenous famous five. Persons day, october 18th, is a day when many women"s groups celebrate the efforts of the famous five for their role in gaining women"s rights in canada. In 1927, emily murphy, nellie mcclung, irene parlby, louise mckinney, and. Henrietta muir edwards challenged section 24 of the british north american (bna) act"s definition of person. They wanted it expanded to include female persons. The supreme court of canada (scc) ruled that the definition of person in the bna did not include women. The famous five then took their case to the judicial committee of the privy council of great britain, canada"s highest court of appeal, where on october 18, 1929, the council announced. The exclusion of women from all public offices is a relic of days more barbarous than ours. In honour of the persons case the annual governor.
