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SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Emily Murphy

1868 - 1933

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Emily Murphy (born Emily Gowan Ferguson; 14 March 1868 – 27 October 1933) was a Canadian women's rights activist and author. In 1916, she became the first female magistrate in Canada and in the British Empire. She is best known for her contributions to Canadian feminism, specifically to the question of whether women were "persons" under Canadian law. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emily Murphy has received more than 420,419 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Emily Murphy is the 554th most popular social activist (down from 477th in 2019), the 676th most popular biography from Canada (down from 649th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Canadian Social Activist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 420k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Emily Murphy ranks 554 out of 538. Before her are Hadja Saran Daraba Kaba, Asma Jahangir, Samuel Gompers, Lydia Cacho, Arthur Scargill, and Ashin Wirathu. After her are Fannie Lou Hamer, Felix Nartey, Roman Protasevich, Rajmohan Gandhi, Mari Beyleryan, and Stanislav Markelov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Emily Murphy ranks 176. Before her are Spottiswoode Aitken, Sophia Hayden, Charles Wallace Richmond, Horace Elgin Dodge, Mariano Trías, and Robert Edeson. After her is Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford. Among people deceased in 1933, Emily Murphy ranks 138. Before her are Saliamonas Banaitis, Eddie Lang, John Joly, Osvald Moberg, George Saling, and Daphne Akhurst. After her are Henry Watson Fowler and Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Emily Murphy ranks 676 out of 1,350. Before her are Jonathan de Guzmán (1987), Dylan Neal (1969), Will Kymlicka (1962), Rob Stewart (1961), Patrick Gallagher (1968), and Corey Hart (1962). After her are Jeremy Ratchford (1965), Beatrice Lillie (1894), Cas Anvar (1966), Shawn Drover (1966), Charlene Choi (1982), and John Kricfalusi (1955).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Canada

Among social activists born in Canada, Emily Murphy ranks 5. Before her are Paul Watson (1950), Viola Desmond (1914), John Peters Humphrey (1905), and David Reimer (1965). After her are Autumn Peltier (2004).

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