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The Famous Five (Nellie McClung (What did she do? (Nellie was an author,…
The Famous Five
Nellie McClung
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What did she do?
Nellie was an author, politician and social active
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Nellie and the rest of the famous five
refused to let men be considered the only legal parents of kids
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Emily Murphy
What did she do
She fought to change laws in divorce Many women stayed in unhappy relationships because they afraid they would left with nothing. Men could just leave the family and sell everything so the women and children would be left with nothing
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Murphy got letters from women about unfair treatment. One women sent a letter to Emily Murphy saying her husband often threatened that when he died he would leave her nothing
Emily and the famous five pressured the government to create the dower act, which protected women's property rights
A dower is the property of the wife so, when a divorce or the husband dies happens the wife gets her legal right of the property
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