Henrietta Muir Edwards was a Canadian women's rights activist, author and reformer. She was the eldest of "The Famous Five", along with Emily Murphy, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney and Irene Parlby, who fought to have women recognized as "persons" under the law, and for the woman's right to vote in elections.
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![PM W.L. Mackenzie King unveiled a plaque from the Canadian Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs[5] honouring Edwards and her colleagues from the Persons Case (1938, Edwards's daughter-in-law at left)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/WLMK_unveiling_plaque_to_Valiant_Five.jpg/500px-WLMK_unveiling_plaque_to_Valiant_Five.jpg)
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Lived 1849 to 1931 · aged 81
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