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Henrietta Edwards - College Essay

Henrietta Edwards


Born in Montreal on December 18, 1849, Henrietta Muir Edwards was one of Alberta's
"Famous Five Women". She began her fight for woman's rights at her home in Montreal with
her sister. Here she founded the Working Girls' Club, which offered meals, reading rooms and
study classes, in 1875. Henrietta and her sister then published the periodical, known as the

"Working Women of Canada". They paid the costs of publishing the paper by depriving

themselves of all personal luxuries. Henrietta also made money by selling miniature paintings.

In 1886 Henrietta Muir became Henrietta Muir Edwards when she married Dr. Oliver

Cromwell Edwards. Her husband soon took a job at Fort ...

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where Henrietta Muir

Edwards was elected to be the Chairman and Irene Parlby as Vice Chairman. With her new

responsibilities she began to change federal and provincial laws concerning women, marriage,

divorce, adoption, property and dower rights, child protection, minimum wage and widows

allowance.

In 1916 she published the first edition of "The Legal Status of Women in Alberta", which

was the same year women achieved the right to vote. In 1921 and 1924 she published to more

issues. Mrs. Edwards then prepared the "Legal Handbook" and kept it up to date. She stayed as

chairman for the "Law Committee of the Council of Women" for over 35 years. She became a

Red Cross leader during the war and when money was scarce during the war, she became the first

woman in Canadian history to be asked by the government to review Canadian Policy. She told

the government more then they wanted to know when she said, "war or no war there should be a

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Added: 12/28/2007 12:28:40 PM
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