#LizzyCyr

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2 years ago

The Person Behind the Persons Case - Canada's Historysearch-iconclosesearch-iconclose In 1929, the British Privy Council ruled that Canadian women were persons under the law. What sparked this victory for women’s rights was the trial of a forgotten Calgary prostitute twelve years ear...

#LizzyCyr #PersonsDay Thinking of the person who sent me this after they researched it. I gave it to others and it flew off. Grateful to that researcher. #WomenInSTEM www.canadashistory.ca/explore/wome...

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