Emily Murphy, rebel: first female magistrate in the British Empire
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Main Author: Mander, Christine (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto, Ont. Simon & Pierre ©1985
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (page 146) and index
Growing up in Cookstown : 1868-1882 -- From boarding school to rector's wife : 1883-1897 -- Impressions of Janey Canuck abroad : 1898-1900 -- Dangerous places : 1900-1903 -- Janey Canuck in the West : 1903-1907 -- Edmonton : a new life : 1907-1916 -- The black candle : 1916-1926 -- Are women persons? : 1927-1929 -- The trumpets sound : 1930-1933 -- Appendices
In this comprehensive biography, Christine Mander depicts the life and times of Emily Murphy with a refreshing candor and vitality. A true Canadian heroine -- pioneering feminism, writer (under the alias Janey Canuck), patriot, mother, anti-drug crusader, first woman magistrate of the British Empire and rebel -- Emily Murply defied conventional labels. To Hell with Women Magistrates, fulminated one court official on her appointment. Her greatest triumph came in 1929 when Lord Chancellor Sankey reversed the Canadian Supreme Court decision by ruling that women are persons under the constitution
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (150 pages)
ISBN:0889241732
1459713583
1554881544
9780889241732
9781459713581
9781554881543

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