Emily Murphy
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"Emily Murphy" was a Canadian women's rights activist, jurist, and author. In 1916, she became the first female magistrate in Canada, and in the British Empire. She is best known for her contributions to Canadian feminism, specifically to the question of whether women were "persons" under Canadian law.

Murphy is known as one of the "The Famous Five (Canada)/The Famous Five" (also called "The Valiant Five")—a group of Canadian women's rights activists that also included Henrietta Muir Edwards, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney and Irene Parlby. In 1927, the women launched the "Edwards v. Canada (Attorney General)/Persons Case," contending that women could be "qualified persons" eligible to sit in the Senate of Canada/Senate. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that they were not. However, upon appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council/Judicial Committee of the British Privy Council, the court of last resort for Canada at that time, the women won their case.

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