A look at the Famous Five and the Persons Case. A monumental event in the struggle for equal rights for women. The story of five women from Alberta and how they changed the world.

2. JOANNE FISHER & JAMES TAYLOR
Present

3. The Triumph of
Canada’s Women
The Famous Five
and the Persons Case

4. We live together in a nation
where all women and men
ARE EQUAL UNDER THE LAW

5. 1928
Leaders
Workers
Entrepreneurs
Journalists
Activists
Decision Makers

6. BUT
They could not be appointed to
the Senate
BECAUSE
According to the Canadian
Constitution women were
not “persons”

7. NOT A
PERSON

8. Emily
Murphy

9. Nellie
McClung
Louise
McKinney

10. Henrietta Irene
Muir Edwards Parlby

11. The Famous Five

14. our Constitution is:
• a living tree,
capable of growth and
expansion
• dynamic and open to
change
• not narrowly bound by
the intentions of the
original framers

15. THE RULING
The word
“persons”
did indeed
include women.

16. Across the Empire

18. The Ripple Effect
Changed the way we think
How minorities are treated
How we think of immigrants
Open-minded & inclusive

19. THE VALUES THAT CHARACTERIZE
CANADA
• Faith in government
• Collective commitment to social
programs

21. Parliament Hill

24. Photo and Image Credits:
http://centros3.pntic.mec.es/cp.ribera.de.canedo/ENGLISH/Parliament-Building-4.jpg
http://www.heritage.nf.ca/society/womenswalk/images/site7_photo1_500.jpg
http://www.cinestatic.com/infinitethought/uploaded_images/typing-775077.jpg
http://www.officemuseum.com/IMagesWWW/1925_Accounting_Office_Brooklyn.JPG http://www.officemuseum.com/1923_Office_with_Five_People.jpg
http://www.folkloreproject.org/programs/exhibits/plenty/playMe.jpg
http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/advertis/images/ads7-09b.jpg
http://esask.uregina.ca/management/app/assets/img/enc2/selectedbig/51C20472-1560-95DA-4373B5E432D20FDF.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/KingPersons.jpg/220px-KingPersons.jpg
http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/125977/125977,1254988083,3/stock-vector-maple-tree-autumn-leaf-fall-38448325.jpg
http://www.robink.ca/blog/wpcontent/uploads/2008/08/20080818_dsc_00jpg
http://www.albertasource.ca/images/famous5.jpg
http://www.stockphotopro.com/photo-thumbs-2/AK7N3N.jpg
http://umanitoba.ca/outreach/cm/vol17/no29/thefamousfive.jpg
http://www.pco-bcp.gc.ca/aia/docs/images/west3.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tPru6T6T1c4/SUAOaNkC7NI/AAAAAAAAABw/1XaIYHJOVU/s20/canadian_flag.jpg
http://www.canadianconstitutionfoundation.ca/files/3/BNAdoc.jpg
http://www.galaxy.com/rvw174724-544729/The_Constitution_Act_1867.htm
http://northernblue.ca/common/thumb/330px-StatuteWest.jpg
http://increationwetrust.org/images/clip_image001_0001.gif
http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/images/mahatma-gandhi.jpg
http://www.classic-literature.co.uk/american-authors/19th-century/abraham-lincoln/abraham-lincoln.gif
http://victorianstation.com/images/v66.JPG
http://msplaskohistory.wikispaces.com/file/view/World_Map.jpg
http://www.histori.ca/minutes/minute.do?id=10205

25. Bibliography
Canadian Democracy (6th Edition)
Stephen Brooks
Nellie McClung
Charlotte Gray
(with introduction by John Ralston Saul)