1. 1929-2009

2. Who were the Famous Five?

3. Nellie McClung Known for: -writer -suffrage advocate -temperance movement

4. Irene Parlby -one of the founders of the United Farm Women’s Association -Minister without portfolio within the United Farm Association at time of the case (hand outstretched)

5. Louise McKinney & Henietta Muir Edwards Louise McKinney -known for her action in temperance -1 st woman to be elected to the Alberta legislature, 1917 + (Sitting hands clasp) Henrietta Muir Edwards -long-term activist in women’s movement (Sitting with teacup)

6. Emily Murphy http://www.histori.ca/minutes/minute.do?id=10205

7. The Persons Case 1927 – the five women meet at Emily Murphy’s home, Edmonton Alberta to sign Murphy’s petition for women appointments in the senate 1928 – Supreme Court of Canada rules that women are not “persons” 1929 – Privy Council in Britain overturns the Canadian Supreme Court’s Decision 1930 – Cairine Wilson becomes the first woman in the Canadian Senate

8. Celebrating History 1999 – original Famous Five statues unveiled in Calgary at the Olympic Plaza (sculpted by Barbara Paterson) 2000 – copies of the Famous Five statues placed on Parliament Hill 2004 – 75 th Anniversary of the Persons’ Case 2001-2004 Canadian Journey $50 2007 – Robert J. Sharpe and Patricia I. McMahon publish The Persons Case: The Origins and Legacy of the Fight for Legal Personhood with the University of Toronto Press

9. 80 th Anniversary Memories Enbridge Famous 5 Luncheon in collaboration with the Famous Five Committee www.famous5ottawa.cawww.famous5ottawa.ca Jeanette Corbiere Lavell Daphne E. Dumont Bev LeFrancois Karen Messing Mary Scott Pauline Fogarty – Youth Award

10. Winners of the Governor General Awards Commemorating the Persons Case

11. Kathy Laing & Crystal Sissons Together we represented BPW Canada at the Famous Five Luncheon on October 2 nd, 2009

12. Famous Five Senators at Last! Famous Five made honorary senators “Famous 5 named honorary senators: Motion celebrates trailblazers who fought to have women named persons” by Valerie Berenyi – Ottawa Citizen – Tuesday, October 13 th, 2009 A first in Canadian history – senators named posthumously Famous 5 Foundation lobbied for this honour for 12 years

13. Ontario Women’s History Network- Annual Conference – October 16-18, 2009 Ottawa, Ontario Conference was entitled: “The Persons Case and Canadian Women’s Political Activism” Persons Day Breakfast with LEAF Ottawa Canadian Women’s Movement Archives Keynote address – Dr. Constance Backhouse, University Research Chair, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa Teaching of the Persons Case Role of Canadian Women in the Senate Activating Activism

14. Looking Forward 2010 = 50 th Anniversary of the start of “second wave” feminism in Canada 40 th Anniversary of The Report of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada (1970) BPW Canada’s 80 th Anniversary!!!!