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Born in Montreal on December 18, 1849, Henrietta Muir Edwards was one of Alberta's "Famous Five Women". She began her fight for woman's rights at her home in Montreal with her sister. Here she founded the Working Girls' Club, which offered meals, reading rooms ....

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.... achieved this new Democratic power, Nellie McClung called a meeting on how they could best use it. They decided on the formation of a Provincial Laws Committee where Henrietta Muir Edwards was elected to be the Chairman and Irene Parlby as Vice Chairman. With her new responsibilities she began to change federal and provincial laws concerning women, marriage, divorce, adoption, property and dower rights, child protection, minimum wage and widows allowance. In 1916 she published the first edition of "The Legal Status of Women in Alberta", which was the same year women achieved the right to vote. In 1921 and 1924 she publishe ....