SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Henrietta Edwards

1849 - 1931

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Henrietta Muir Edwards (18 December 1849 – 10 November 1931) was a Canadian women's rights activist, author and reformer. She was the eldest of "The Famous Five", along with Emily Murphy, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney and Irene Parlby, who fought to have women recognized as "persons" under the law, and for the woman's right to vote in elections. She was born Henrietta Louise Muir in Montreal as well as lived in Montreal. She grew up in an upper-middle-class family that valued culture and religion. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henrietta Edwards is the 682nd most popular social activist (down from 660th in 2019), the 787th most popular biography from Canada (down from 735th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Canadian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Henrietta Edwards ranks 682 out of 840. Before her are Luis Taruc, Emily Murphy, Arthur Scargill, Maryam Namazie, Rachel Corrie, and Amelia Boynton Robinson. After her are Guo Jianmei, Bobby Henderson, Randa Siniora, Anna Howard Shaw, Anna Sharyhina, and Roman Protasevich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Henrietta Edwards ranks 112. Before her are Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, Aston Webb, Sarat Chandra Das, William R. Day, Edwin Lord Weeks, and James Mason. After her is Sarah Orne Jewett. Among people deceased in 1931, Henrietta Edwards ranks 149. Before her are Tom Roberts, Charles Hefferon, Robert Edeson, Frank Harris, George Whitefield Chadwick, and Vachel Lindsay.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Henrietta Edwards ranks 787 out of 1,622. Before her are Jeon So-mi (2001), Clarence McKerrow (1877), Finn Wolfhard (2002), Missy Peregrym (1982), Rick Genest (1985), and Myriam Bédard (1969). After her are Guy Lombardo (1902), Hugh Dillon (1963), Nicole de Boer (1970), Maude Abbott (1868), Caroline Rhea (1964), and Tiny Thompson (1903).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Canada

Among social activists born in Canada, Henrietta Edwards ranks 6. Before her are Paul Watson (1950), Viola Desmond (1914), John Peters Humphrey (1905), David Reimer (1965), and Emily Murphy (1868). After her are Sheila Watt-Cloutier (1953), and Autumn Peltier (2004).

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