Wondrous (Western) Women Photo Courtesy David Bly

The becoming of a Wondrous (Western) Woman

Photo Courtesy Glenbow Archives NA-206-27 Abbreviated History of Wondrous (Western) Women

September 1, 1905– Province of Alberta Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria

September 1, 1905– Province of Alberta

Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria

1914 World War I was declared 1915 Prohibition began

1914 World War I was declared

1915 Prohibition began

1911 The Married Women’s Protective Act assured wives of 1/3 . . . (Emily Murphy and Henrietta Muir Edwards) 1915 Married Women’s Protection Act prevented sale of home without . . .

1911 The Married Women’s Protective Act assured wives of 1/3 . . . (Emily Murphy and Henrietta Muir Edwards)

1915 Married Women’s Protection Act prevented sale of home without . . .

1916 Women can Vote! Nellie McClung, Alice Jamieson (Calgary police magistrate), and Emily Murphy

Emily Murphy British North America Act (something like) “ Women are persons in the matter of pain and penalties but not persons in the matter of rights and privileges.”

1929 Women recognized as “persons” Irene Parlby MLA Henrietta Muir Louise McKinney MLA Nellie McClung MLA Emily Murphy The Famous Five Photos, Courtesy of The Famous 5 Foundation

1939 World War II was declared Myers-Briggs personality type http://www.personalitypathways.com/type_inventory.html

Myers-Briggs personality type

http://www.personalitypathways.com/type_inventory.html

Martha Palamarek Bielish 1979, first Alberta female senator 50 years after the Famous 5 struggle Active in the Women’s Institute

Women are declared persons 1999, Calgary 2000, Ottawa

2004 2005=Alberta’s 100 th Birthday

1985 First female Lieutenant Governor--The Honourable Wilma Helen Hunley 1999 The Honourable Lois Hole is appointed Lieutenant Governor

How far have we come?

Nellie McClung 1873 - 1951 Social reformer Parliamentarian Suffragist Journalist Novelist So many snappy quotes

Social reformer

Parliamentarian

Suffragist

Journalist

Novelist

1. They Express Gratitude “ . . .even if she were named ‘Bella’?” Nellie McClung

They Name their Blessings Have an attitude of gratitude.

2. They Value Friends “ What monument does any of us want . . . a few friends who knew us well, when they come together, may speak lovingly of us when their thoughts run upon old times?” Nellie McClung

Tend and Befriend UCLA study

A Friend Is Like A Good Under Garment... Hard to Find Supportive Comfortable Always lifts you up Makes you look better Covers your behind

Hard to Find

Supportive

Comfortable

Always lifts you up

Makes you look better

Covers your behind

Friends Who Mentor “ The actual beginning of my serious writing began under the encouragement of Mrs. J. A. McClung, my husband’s mother.” “ Life conspires to keep women tangled in trifles. ” Nellie McClung

Gwen, our mentor

3. They Speak Out “ It is so much easier to sit down and be resigned than to rise up and be indignant.” Nellie McClung in Clearing in the West

“ It is so much easier to sit down and be resigned than to rise up and be indignant.”

Nellie McClung in

Clearing in the West

Permission to say: Yes If you don't risk anything, you risk even more. Erica Jong

Famous 5 Oath “ I feel equal to hig h and splendid braveries!” Emily Murph y (1868-1933) Marjory Campbell, 89 years

“ I feel equal to hig h and splendid braveries!”

Emily Murph y (1868-1933)

Permission to say: NO Guilt is the gift that keeps on giving. Erma Bombeck

Alberta Egg Producers www.eggs.ab.ca An Alberta chicken lays an egg every day and a half.

Celebrative Rant How funky is your chicken? How loose is your goose? My goose is very loose. Come on Western Women And shake your caboose!

You too can be a Wondrous (Western) Women Patricia Morgan

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