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    The document discusses the Persons Case in Canada in which five women known as the Famous Five petitioned the Supreme Court to have women recognized as "persons" under Canadian law. This would give women equal status to men under the British North America Act. Initially the Supreme Court ruled against the petition, but the women appealed and Britain's Privy Council ultimately ruled in 1929 that women should indeed be considered persons in law. This landmark case helped advance women's rights in Canada.

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    The document discusses the Persons Case in Canada in which five women known as the Famous Five petitioned the Supreme Court to have women recognized as "persons" under Canadian law. This would give women equal status to men under the British North America Act. Initially the Supreme Court ruled against the petition, but the women appealed and Britain's Privy Council ultimately ruled in 1929 that women should indeed be considered persons in law. This landmark case helped advance women's rights in Canada.

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    The Persons Case

    1. What is a primary source?

    2. What is a secondary source?

    Group 1: Now That we are Persons by Nellie L. McClung


    3. What kind of source is this?

    4. What is the Persons Case?

    5. What was the famous quote from Lings case in England? What does it mean?

    6. What document do they want to change? Why?

    7. Why was the word person controversial?

    8. Why might the Supreme Court of Canada have ruled against the Famous Fives
    petition for women to be confirmed as persons under the British North American
    Act? Why do those with power and influence often resist legal change?

    Group 2: The Famous 5 By Penny Dowdy


    9. What was life like for women in the 1800s? (p6)

    10. Why did the western provinces lead the way in giving women the right to vote?
    (p8)

    11. When was the Persons Case?

    12. What is each of the five women known for? (p4)


    a. Emily Murphy-

    b. Irene Parlby
    c. Louise McKinney

    d. Nellie McClung

    e. Henrietta Muir Edwards

    13. What is the highest court in Canada? (p25)

    14. When was the law changed/enforced? (p25)

    Group 3:Womens Rights by Kaye Stearman


    15. What was the suffrage movement? (p8)

    16. What did women do during the war? (p14)

    17. What jobs were women barred from? (p16)

    18. What did most women fight for the rights to? (p17)

    19. How did Russia develop womens rights? (p19)

    Group 4: Womens Rights in the 21st Century


    20. What kind of source is this?

    21. Despite the success women have, what are 3 examples in which women have less
    rights then men? (Global Issues)

    22. What is sex segregation and where is it common? (The Changing Role of Women 42)

    23. What countries have declining womens rights? (Global Issues)

    24. How does the Charter of Rights and Freedoms include womens rights?

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