The Famous Five monument sculpted by Barbara Paterson, Calgary
© Michael Wheatley/Age Fotostoc
The Famous Five
The women pictured here are part of Alberta’s ‘Famous Five’ – a group known for political activism dating back to the late 1800s. The group consists of Irene Parlby, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Louise Crummy McKinney, Nellie McClung and Emily Murphy. They actively worked on numerous campaigns for women’s rights and for their involvement with the Persons Case, which was a ruling that gave women the right to be appointed to the Senate. October 18, 1929 is known as Persons Day since it marks the day when Canada’s highest court of appeal made the historic decision on Persons Case which led to the legal identification of women as ‘persons.’
Related Images
Ludwig van Beethoven sculptures and monument at the Münsterplatz, Bonn, Germany
The interior of the Abu Simbel Great Temple in Egypt
Grotesques of native Ecuadorian seabirds on the Basílica del Voto Nacional in Quito, Ecuador
The Roots of Music Cultural Sculpture Garden in Louis Armstrong Park, New Orleans, LA
The 2019 Lemon Festival in Menton, France
Moai statues at Ahu Tongariki in Rapa Nui National Park, Easter Island, Chile
Fishermen Monument at L'Etang du Nord, Magdalen Islands, Que.
Waterperry Gardens in Oxfordshire, England
Today Bing
Icebergs on Mendenhall Lake near Juneau, Alaska
Oct 18, 2018
Windmills in Consuegra, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Oct 18, 2017
Limestone cliffs in Foradada, Catalonia, Spain
Oct 18, 2016
Autumn aspens in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
Oct 18, 2015
