The Famous 5 have such a dark complicated legacy, that celebrating Persons Day always brings mixed emotions. Five years ago, I created this video essay exploring the meaning of the Persons Case to me - and to Canadian constitutional history. Posting it again today, ICYMI. https://youtu.be/a_HhQP3HoxU?si=1KElQ2B2ovlNYGqy #PersonsDay #PersonsCase #cdnpoli #SenateofCanada #yeg #yow #Canada #Alberta #eugenics #Vriend

Today is the 94th anniversary of Persons Day - when the Privy Council in London ruled Canadian women were person - in rights and privileges as well as pains and penalties. In 2020, I made this video essay about the complicated, painful, powerful legacy of the Famous 5, the magnificent, deeply flawed women who made equal rights in Canada reality. https://youtu.be/a_HhQP3HoxU?si=cuwZy_u5jA6243os #PersonsCase #PersonsDay #FamousFive #SenateofCanada #Vriend #abpoli #Edmonton #yeg #Alberta #Canada #eugenics #lgbtq

94 years ago, on October 18, 1929, Lord Sankey stated:
"The exclusion of women from all public offices is a relic of days more barbarous than ours. And to those who would ask why the word 'person' should include females, the obvious answer is, why should it not?
It is mindboggling that there are women alive today that were not considered persons under the law.
Hats off to the Famous Five for their courage and tenacity!
#PersonsCase #FamousFive #GenderEquality
https://bit.ly/3OyViZG

94 years ago, on October 18, 1929, Lord Sankey stated:
"The exclusion of women from all public offices is a relic of days more barbarous than ours. And to those who would ask why the word 'person' should include females, the obvious answer is, why should it not?
It is mindboggling that there are women alive today that were not considered persons under the law.
Hats off to the Famous Five for their courage and tenacity!
#PersonsCase #FamousFive #GenderEquality
https://bit.ly/3OyViZG

One of the people I do miss on the bird site is lawyer and amateur historian Charlie Feldman…who reminds us that today is the anniversary of the appointment of the first woman to the Senate of Canada. (Thanks to my staffer Pawan who spotted this post.) #SenateofCanada #SenCA #Canada #cdnpoli #PersonsCase #womeninpolitics #CanadianHistory