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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]
The Canadian Journal of Women and the Law (Revue Femmes et Droit) is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal covering the impact of law on women's social, economic, and legal status. It was established in 1985 and is published by the University of Toronto Press. [1] The Journal is currently based at the Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa.
The History of women in Canada is the study of the historical experiences of women living in Canada and the laws and legislation affecting Canadian women. In colonial period of Canadian history, Indigenous women's roles were often challenged by Christian missionaries, and their marriages to European fur traders often brought their communities into greater contact with the outside world.
The Canadian Topfree Equal Rights Association (TERA) assists women in both Canada and the United States who are prosecuted for being topless in situations whereas men are not. [29] It does not advocate toplessness, but promotes the concept of freedom of choice of the individual woman, and the de-sexualisation of breasts. [30]
When King started her law degree, there were just three women in a class of 142. [8] King’s legal achievements were highly recognized as significantly historic in Canadian law. [10] King was the first Black woman lawyer in Canada, the first Black person to graduate law in Alberta and the first Black person to be admitted to the Alberta Bar ...
Marsden, Lorna R. Canadian Women and the Struggle for Equality (2008) excerpt and a text search; Robbins, Wendy, et al. eds. Minds of Our Own: Inventing Feminist Scholarship and Women’s Studies in Canada and Québec, 1966–76 (2008) excerpt and text search
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
The women of the Famous Five included Emily Murphy, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, and Irene Parlby. These five women represent iconic powerful movements and change within Canada, as they devoted their lives to advocacy in the 1880s, through to the 1890s. [3]