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Nellie McClung (1873–1951), first woman appointed to the Board of Governors of the CBC (1936); one of The Famous Five [23] Emily Murphy (1868–1933), first female magistrate in British Empire and petitioned Supreme Court of Canada to allow women the vote; one of the Famous Five; [24] has received modern scrutiny for her support for eugenics
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Paterson was born and raised in Edmonton and is the great-granddaughter of physician, William Morrison MacKay. [1] Paterson attended the University of Alberta (U of A), where she met her future husband John Paterson. After receiving her Fine Arts diploma, Barbara worked as a stay-at-home mom. [2]
A self-described army brat born in Edmonton to Lt.-Col. Laurence Esmonde-White, she moved with her family to Calgary, and eventually to Montreal. [1] Her mother, Anstace Esmonde-White, and father Larry were the hosts of From A Country Garden, [4] a public television series produced by WPBS-TV that ran on PBS for seventeen years beginning in 1986. [5]
Eveline Charles enrolled in Beauty School immediately after high school in 1973. She began cutting hair professionally in 1974, and ten years later opened her first salon, 'Bianco Nero' in Edmonton. During the 1980s and early 90s, Charles established Bianco Nero as a premier Edmonton beauty salon.
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Paula Simons was appointed to the Senate of Canada on October 3, 2018, by Governor General Julie Payette, on the recommendation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. [7]In a column written in 2013, while the Stephen Harper government was still in power, Simons wrote about Senate appointments and entitlement: "These days, the Senate is failing on almost every front.
Emily Murphy (born Emily Gowan Ferguson; 14 March 1868 – 26 October 1933) [1] was a Canadian women's rights activist and author.In 1916, she became the first female magistrate in Canada and the fifth in the British Empire after Elizabeth Webb Nicholls, Jane Price, E. Cullen and Cecilia Dixon of Australia (all appointed to office in 1915).