Led by Emily Murphy, the first woman in the British Comonwealth to be appointed a magistrate, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, Irene Parlby and Henrietta Edwards, challenged the Supreme Court of Canada to assert that women were persons. The women lost. They then appealed to the British Privy Council. The Council described the exclusion of women as "a relic of days more barbarous than ours" and overturned the Canadian decision. On October 18, 1929, Canadian women became persons at last!
Firsts for women in Canada and BC
History of Women's History Month
History of Women's History Month Committee (Coming Soon!)