In the early 1900s they fought for women’s rights. Now they’re helping to deter graffiti vandalism in Edmonton.
A mural of Canada’s Famous Five—Irene Parlby, Nellie McClung, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Emily Murphy, and Louise McKinney—was unveiled in Edmonton last week as part of a program to discourage graffiti through wall art.
Widely known for winning the right for women to be declared as “persons” eligible to sit in the Senate, the Famous Five were a group of trail-blazers from Alberta who helped improve economic, social, and political equality for Canadian women.
