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Marlys Edwardh CM (born 1950) is a Canadian litigation and civil rights lawyer who was one of the first women to practice criminal law in Canada. [12] In 1946, Gretta Wong Grant became the first female lawyer of Chinese descent in Canada. [13] In 1954, Violet King Henry became the first Black female lawyer in Canada. [14]
In 1991 Sherene Razack wrote the book Canadian Feminism and the Law: The Women's Legal Education and Action Fund and the Pursuit of Equality just a half decade after the creation of LEAF. [4] A book by Peter Manfredi was later written on the various results of the advocacy pursued by LEAF entitled Feminist Activism in the Supreme Court: Legal ...
Clara Brett Martin (25 January 1874 – 30 October 1923) was a Canadian lawyer. She opened the way for women to become lawyers in Canada by being the first in the British Empire in 1897. Life and career
She published "Equality Rights and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms" in 1985. [6] Eberts eventually returned to U of T as an adjunct professor in 1987 to teach constitutional law. [2] In 1991, Eberts became a litigation counsel to the Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC). [3]
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Canadian lawyers. ... Pages in category "Canadian women lawyers" The following 104 pages are in this category, out of ...
Women's organizations saw this as an opportunity for Canadian women's rights to be legally and equally represented through entrenchment in the charter. On November 20 the National Action Committee on the Status of Women (NAC) had their opportunity to speak. The NAC saw the importance of equal recognition in the Charter for both men and women as ...
In 1985, McPhedran became the youngest lawyer to be named a Member of the Order of Canada in recognition of her co-leadership of the Ad Hoc Committee of Canadian Women on the Constitution. The Ad Hoc Committee was a grass roots movement for strengthening equality rights during the drafting of the Constitution of Canada. In 2001, McPhedran was ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:21st-century Canadian lawyers. It includes Canadian lawyers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Subcategories