who are the famous five and what did they do
The Famous Five (Canada)
The Famous Five , or The Valiant Five , ( French : Célèbres cinq ) were five Alberta women who asked the Supreme Court of Canada to answer the question , `` Does the word ' Persons ' in Section 24 of the British North America Act , 1867 , include female persons ? '' in the case Edwards v Canada . The five women , Emily Murphy , Irene Marryat Parlby , Nellie Mooney McClung , Louise Crummy McKinney and Henrietta Muir Edwards , created a petition to ask this question . They sought to have women legally considered persons so that women could be appointed to the Senate . The petition was filed on August 27 , 1927 , and on April 24 , 1928 , Canada 's Supreme Court summarized its unanimous decision that women are not such `` persons '' . 
The Famous Five , or The Valiant Five , ( French : Célèbres cinq ) were five Alberta women who asked the Supreme Court of Canada to answer the question , `` Does the word ' Persons ' in Section 24 of the British North America Act , 1867 , include female persons ? '' in the case Edwards v Canada . The five women , Emily Murphy , Irene Marryat Parlby , Nellie Mooney McClung , Louise Crummy McKinney and Henrietta Muir Edwards , created a petition to ask this question . They sought to have women legally considered persons so that women could be appointed to the Senate . The petition was filed on August 27 , 1927 , and on April 24 , 1928 , Canada 's Supreme Court summarized its unanimous decision that women are not such `` persons '' .
The Famous Five were five Alberta women who asked the Supreme Court of Canada to answer the question, ``Does the word ' Persons ' in Section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, include female persons?'' The five women were Emily Murphy, Irene Marryat Parlby, Nellie Mooney McClung, Louise Crummy McKinney and Henrietta Muir Edwards.
The Famous Five , or The Valiant Five , ( French : Célèbres cinq ) were five Alberta women who asked the Supreme Court of Canada to answer the question , `` Does the word ' Persons ' in Section 24 of the British North America Act , 1867 , include female persons ? '' The five women , Emily Murphy , Irene Marryat Parlby , Nellie Mooney McClung , Louise Crummy McKinney and Henrietta Muir Edwards , created a petition to ask this question .
The Famous Five were five Alberta women who asked the Supreme Court of Canada to answer the question , `` Does the word ' Persons ' in Section 24 of the British North America Act , 1867 , include female persons ? '' in the case Edwards v Canada . The five women were Emily Murphy, Irene Marryat Parlby, Nellie Mooney McClung, Louise Crummy McKinney and Henrietta Muir Edwards.
The Famous Five , or The Valiant Five , ( French : Célèbres cinq ) were five Alberta women who asked the Supreme Court of Canada to answer the question , `` Does the word ' Persons ' in Section 24 of the British North America Act , 1867 , include female persons ? '' in the case Edwards v Canada . The five women , Emily Murphy , Irene Marryat Parlby , Nellie Mooney McClung , Louise Crummy McKinney and Henrietta Muir Edwards , created a petition to ask this question .