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 the fifth in the British Empire after Elizabeth Webb Nicholls, Jane Price, E. Cullen and Cecilia Dixon of Australia (all appointed to office in 1915). 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 437,412 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Emily Murphy is the 680th most popular social activist (down from 554th in 2019), the 791st most popular biography from Canada (down from 675th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Canadian Social Activist.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Emily Murphy ranks 680 out of 840. Before her are Gloria Allred, Rajmohan Gandhi, Charlotte Despard, Ruthie Tompson, Beyers Naudé, and Azimzhan Askarov. After her are Anna Howard Shaw, Lillian Ngoyi, Juliette Gordon Low, Norma Cruz, Sumaira Abdulali, and Aruna Shanbaug case.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Emily Murphy ranks 197. Before her are Augusto Pestana, Mariano Trías, Ellen Roosevelt, Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford, Maude Abbott, and Robert Edeson. After her are Philippa Fawcett, Albert William Herre, and Willis R. Whitney. Among people deceased in 1933, Emily Murphy ranks 156. Before her are Ormond Stone, Eddie Lang, Edward Dillon, Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford, August Rodenberg, and Henry Watson Fowler. After her is Julius Falkenstein.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Emily Murphy ranks 791 out of 1,622. Before her are Eddie Shore (1902), Dylan Neal (1969), Lisa Jakub (1978), Irving Kaplansky (1917), William Edmond Logan (1798), and Gerald Emmett Carter (1912). After her are Pierre Bouvier (1979), Avan Jogia (1992), Peter Outerbridge (1966), Trish Stratus (1976), Donnelly Rhodes (1937), and Michael Brook (1952).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Canada

Among social activists born in Canada, Emily Murphy ranks 6. Before her are Paul Watson (1950), Viola Desmond (1914), David Reimer (1965), John Peters Humphrey (1905), and Henrietta Edwards (1849). After her are Sheila Watt-Cloutier (1953), and Autumn Peltier (2004).

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