Henrietta Muir Edwards (December 18, 1849 – November 10, 1931) was a Canadian women’s rights activist and reformer.
She was born Henrietta Louise Muir in Montreal. As a young woman, she espoused various feminist causes, forming the Working Girls' Association in 1875 to provide vocational training for women and editing the journal, Women's Work in Canada.
In 1893, with Lady Aberdeen, she founded the National Council of Women and the Victorian Orde...
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Henrietta Muir Edwards (December 18, 1849 – November 10, 1931) was a Canadian women’s rights activist and reformer.
She was born Henrietta Louise Muir in Montreal. As a young woman, she espoused various feminist causes, forming the Working Girls' Association in 1875 to provide vocational training for women and editing the journal, Women's Work in Canada.
In 1893, with Lady Aberdeen, she founded the National Council of Women and the Victorian Order of Nurses.
Edwards was one of "The Famous Five" (also called "The Valiant Five"), who established that women were, indeed, persons and therefore entitled to sit in the Senate of Canada.
Among other honours, in October 2009, the Senate voted to name Edwards and the rest of the Five Canada's first "honorary senators."
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