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Henrietta Edwards
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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 .... Middle of Term Paper
... McKinny. With their help Mrs. Edwards began her fight to
change the law on Woman's rights. They began by getting the right and the ability to vote. Once
they achieved this new Democratic power, Nellie McClung called a meeting on how they could
best use it. They decided on the formation of a Provincial Laws Committee 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
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