Henrietta Muir Edwards
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Henrietta Muir Edwards 🇨🇦

Henrietta Louise Muir Edwards (Known as "The Legal Scholar of the Five")
Author, Women's Rights Activist, Legal Scholar of the Famous Five, Victorian Order of Nurses Co-founder
Born Dec 18, 1849 🇨🇦 Montreal, Canada
Passed Away Nov 10, 1931 Fort Macleod (Alberta), Canada
Lifespan 81 years old
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"If women are not persons under the law, then the law must be made to fit humanity, not humanity the law."

Archival Overview

Eminent legal scholar and member of the Famous Five who published Canada's first working women's magazine, co-founded the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON), and compiled foundational legal handbooks on women's rights.

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Born into an affluent Montreal family, Edwards and her sister founded the Working Girls' Association in 1875, opening a boarding house, reading room, and vocational classes. In 1878, she launched Canada's first women's periodical, Women's Work in Canada.

Edwards became the legal expert for the National Council of Women, compiling handbooks on provincial statutes affecting women and children. Joining the Persons Case petition in 1927, her precise legal scholarship proved instrumental in winning the 1929 ruling establishing women's legal personhood.

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Union Cemetery
Calgary (Alberta), Canada
GPS: 51.0317, -114.0600
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