Emily Murphy, a suffragist as well as a legal and political reformer, was a very important woman in Canadian history. She fought selflessly for the rights of citizens around her and for the overall rights of all Canadian women. Emily changed the way many Canadians viewed and treated women. Through her persistence and hard work, she passed and changed several laws and acts, wrote many commendable books and articles and had a great knack for …showed first 75 words of 997 total…

…showed last 75 words of 997 total…Through her excellent education, determination and good leadership she earned the respect of a great many people in her time and therefore created a lasting impact for women everywhere ensuring her fame as a Canadian. Bibliography James, Donna. The Canadians: Emily Murphy. Don Mills: Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited, 1977. Kahn, Charles and Maureen Kahn. Canadians All 3: Portraits of Our People. Toronto: Methuen Publications, 1979 Kome, Penny. Women of Influence: Canadian Women and Politics. Toronto: Doubleday Canada Limited, 1985.