The most defining moment for Canada in the 1920’s was The Person’s Case. The Person’s Case was a famous Canadian constitutional case that decided that women were eligible to sit in the Canadian Senate. In 1928, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that women were not “persons” according to the British North America Act and therefore were ineligible for appointment to the Senate. The Famous Five which was made up of five of prominent women activists, disagreed. They believed that women should be considered “persons”. Emily Murphy, Nellie McClung, Irene Parlby, Louise McKinney, Henrietta Muir Edwards created a petition to send to the Canadian government regarding what the word “persons” was considered in the BNA Act. The five’s petition was turned
