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PEOPLE & EVENTS > WORLD AT WAR > Person's Case

What? • In 1916, Emily Murphy was made the first woman judge in British Empire; a lawyer challenged her right to judge any cases because she was woman. • Said that no woman was a "person" in the eyes of the law • Started the fight for women to be considered a "person" in law; women's groups asked the prime minister to appoint women in the Senate, but prime minister refused Historical Significance • Later on, as the case got more publicity, prime minister changed his mind, and Cairine Wilson was the first woman appointed to be a Senate in Canada

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PEOPLE & EVENTS > TURN OF THE CENTURY > Person's Case > REVIEW QUESTIONS

1. What year did the Person's Case occur?
   
   1. 1923
   2. 1929
   3. 1916
   4. 1912




2. Who was the first woman judge in British Empire?
   
   1. Nelle McClung
   2. Emily Murphy
   3. Louis McKinney
   4. Emily Stowe




3. The result of the person case was ________
   
   1. Privy Council of Britain ruled that women were persons under the law
   2. Supreme Court of Canada ruled that women were persons under the law
   3. women won the right to vote
   4. women and men would receive the same wages




4. Who was the first woman appointed in the Senate?
   
   
   1. Cairine Wilson
   2. Carrie Williams
   3. Carman Wilbouski
   4. Carey Willington

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