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Essay Galaxy - Henrietta Edwards
HENRIETTA MUIR EDWARDS
Born in Montreal on December 18, 1849, Henrietta Muir Edwards was one of Alberta's
"Famous Five Women". She began her fight for woman's rights at her home in Montreal with
her sister. Here she founded the Working Girls' Club, which offered meals, reading rooms and
study classes, in 1875. Henrietta and her sister then published the periodical, known as the
"Working Women of Canada". They paid the costs of publishing the paper by depriving
themselves of all personal luxuries. Henrietta also made money by selling miniature paintings.
In 1886 Henrietta Muir became Henrietta Muir Edwards when she married Dr. Oliver
Cromwell Edwards. Her husband soon took a job at Fort McCloed. Here she met the other four
women involved in Alberta's "Famous Five Women". The group included Emily Murphy, Nellie
McClung, Irene Parlby and Louise McKinn....
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