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The Famous Five (French: Célèbres cinq), also known as The Valiant Five, [1] and initially as The Alberta Five, were five prominent Canadian suffragists who advocated for women and children: Henrietta Muir Edwards, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, Emily Murphy, and Irene Parlby. [2]
This is a list of Canadian suffragists and suffragettes who were born in Canada or whose lives and works are closely associated with that country. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
The Woman Suffrage Movement in Canada (2nd ed. U of Toronto Press, 1974) full text online; Domareki, Sarah. "Canadian Identity, Women's Suffrage, and the Rights of Women: A Comparative Analysis of the Stories and Activism of Nellie McClung and Thérèse Casgrain." American Review of Canadian Studies 48.2 (2018): 221-243.
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Elsie Howey (1884 –1963) – suffragette who was jailed at least six times and dressed as Joan of Arc during a WSPU demonstration in London; Ellen Hughes (1867–1927) – Welsh writer, poet, suffragist; Florence Hull (born 1878) – suffragette, member of WSPU, imprisoned in January 1913; Agnes Husband (1852–1929) – Scottish politician ...
The Canadian Women's Suffrage Association, originally called the Toronto Women's Literary Guild, was an organization based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that fought for women's rights. After the association had been inactive for a while, the leaders founded the Dominion Women's Enfranchisement Association in 1889.
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Organizing around women's suffrage in Canada peaked in the mid-1910s. Various franchise clubs were formed, and in Ontario, the Toronto Women's Literary Club was established in 1876 as a guise for suffrage activities, though by 1883 it was renamed the Toronto Women's Suffrage Association. [13]