Louise McKinney

Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-LeBrun, a Rococo era painter turned Neoclassical, was born in Paris on April 16, 1755. She lived to be eighty—seven as “one of the foremost portraitists in Europe at the end of the eighteenth century and during the first three decades of the nineteenth” (NGA, web) (May, 1). Spanning a long career with over 600 paintings, Vigée-LeBrun is “characterized” and marveled “…as the much sought-after portraitist of not only European royalty and nobility, but also of notable…

Canadian Senate, interpreting this phrase meaning men only and should continue to refer to only men .This matter quickly became known as the “Persons Case”. Five Albertan Women lead by judge Emily Murphy, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Nellie McClung, Louise Crummy McKinney and Irene Parlby fought to have Canadian Women recognized constitutionally as “persons” who were eligible to be named Senate. However The Supreme Court of Canada rejected their case in 1928 but was favorited by the Judicial…

the Senate” they then clarified that qualified persons referred only to men. They said this was because that was the way they would have viewed the word when the NBA Act was written. After this Emily Murphy invited Nellie McClung, Irene Parlby, Louise McKinney and Henrietta Muir Edwards to her home with a plan was to send a petition to the Supreme Court of Canada about the interpretation of the word “persons” in the BNA Act. The letter that they all signed asked the following two questions, “1.…

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…

Over the past several decades, the concept of the word “woman” has been altered many times to fit into the ever changing mold that is accepted by society. The status of women in Canada is yet to be defined, despite having won the right to vote in the province of Manitoba in 1916. It is important to be clear that the suffragette movement was not at the same time as the realisation of the the legal recognition of women as persons with rights. According to the Canadian Constitution, the legal term…

Nellie McClung Nellie McClung is a Canadian hero because she fits the definition of the word hero. A hero is a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities. Nellie McClung was born on October 20, 1873 in Chatsworth, Ontario. She was born on a homestead in Souris Valley to a Methodist father. Even though she was able to go to college, she did not attend school until the age of 10. As a child, she was scolded by her mother for voicing her opinions…

Women's Temperance Union, of which her mother-in-law was provincial president. She wrote many autobiographies and short stories. One of her biggest accomplishments was the case. She and five other women, Emily Murphy, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Louise McKinney, and Irene Parlby, petitioned the Supreme Court of Canada so that women could be considered ‘persons’ under the law. In this trial, at the Supreme Court of Canada, their appeal was rejected, saying the women were not considered ‘persons’…

Rise up The acts of civil disobedience has helped changed the law regarding “minorities”. The practice of civil disobedience has helped improve laws to make them fair to all, this is due to it being started by “the people” who feel that the current laws in place, put in by the government or those in power are wrong, misconstructed as well as out of line, and must be changed. John Locke believed that the law was a reflection of the people, and that the government must insure life,liberty and…

events. By May24, 1918, all women had the right to vote, this didn't stop on their rights. The Supreme Court of Canada still considered women as “persons’ and couldn't go for political positions. Women couldn't contest on political positions so Louise McKinney and Henrietta Edwards (both Canadian women ) were suffragists who battled to win the vote for women for politics. In October 18, 1929, the Imperial Privy Council ruled that women were legally "persons" and therefore could hold seats…

The Persons Case was launched by the Famous Five—a group of Canadian women 's rights activists that also included Henrietta Muir Edwards, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney and Irene Parlby. This group stated that women should be eligible to become senators, however at the time women were not considered “persons”. To change this the Persons Case was launched in order to qualify women as a person. On 18 October 1929…