Mary Irene Parlby (née Marryat; 9 January 1868 – 12 July 1965) was a Canadian women's farm leader, activist and politician. She served as MLA in the United...
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Parlby is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Irene Parlby (1868–1965), Canadian women's farm leader, activist, and politician Joshua Parlby...
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The Famous Five (Canada) (section Irene Parlby)
Henrietta Muir Edwards, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, Emily Murphy, and Irene Parlby. On August 27, 1927, they petitioned the federal government to refer...
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boxer Irene Papas (1929–2022), Greek actress Irene Paredes (born 1991), Spanish footballer Irene Parenti Duclos (1754–1795), Italian artist Irene Parlby (1868–1965)...
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with Irene Marryat and invited her to come for a visit in 1896. After meeting local farmer/Oxford graduate Walter Parlby, Irene became Mrs. Parlby and...
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included Henrietta Muir Edwards, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney and Irene Parlby. In 1927, the women launched the "Persons Case," contending that women...
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Five", along with Emily Murphy, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney and Irene Parlby, who fought to have women recognized as "persons" under the law, and...
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Party. McClung was one of two women who were elected, the other being Irene Parlby, a member of the United Farmers. The United Farmers of Alberta formed...
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government, and the creation of the Alberta Wheat Pool. He also named Irene Parlby as the province's first female cabinet minister. By 1924, many UFA Members...
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rural communities. In 1916, the organization elected Irene Parlby as its first president. Parlby would later serve as a member of the Legislative Assembly...
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statues by Barbara Paterson of each of The Famous Five—Emily Murphy, Irene Parlby, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, and Henrietta Edwards—as well as one...
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UFWA worked to improve economic and living conditions of women farmers. Irene Parlby, the UFWA's first president, lobbied for the establishment of a provincial...
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Herbert Greenfield was named the first UFA Premier. Among his cabinet were Irene Parlby, the second female cabinet minister in the British Empire, and Calgary...
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UFWA worked to improve economic and living conditions of women farmers. Irene Parlby, the UFWA's first president, lobbied for the establishment of a provincial...
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Five—Henrietta Edwards, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, Emily Murphy and Irene Parlby. The case began as a reference case by the federal Cabinet directly to...
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prominent suffragists: Emily Murphy, Helen MacMurchy, Louise McKinney, Irene Parlby, Nellie McClung. In Alberta, eugenics supporters had seemingly positive...
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Famous Five - depicts the women's suffrage movement (Nellie McClung, Irene Parlby, Emily Murphy, Louise McKinney and Henrietta Muir Edwards); sculpted...
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made contact with leaders of the UFA proper, including William Irvine, Irene Parlby, Herbert Greenfield, and, most importantly, Henry Wise Wood. The charismatic...
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2003(2003-01-24) (aged 97) Last participant of the Women's Air Derby 27 August 1929 Irene Parlby 12 July 1965(1965-07-12) (aged 97) Last of The Famous Five (Canada) 18...
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were also the first women in any legislature of the British Empire. Irene Parlby was the first woman appointed to the provincial Cabinet, in 1921. Alberta...
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2009. The women – Emily Murphy, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Nellie McClung, Irene Parlby and Louise McKinney – are the only people in the history of the Senate...
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Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock, 2012 - 2015 Irene Parlby helped to found the first women's local of the United Farmers of Alberta...
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to be appointed to the Senate. Each of The Famous Five (Emily Murphy, Irene Parlby, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, Henrietta Edwards) were members in...
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the United Farm Women of Alberta (UFWA), following the presidencies of Irene Parlby (1916-1920) and Marion Sears (1920–24), and served in that role from...
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Church of Canada in 1925. McKinney was one of the Famous Five, along with Irene Parlby, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Emily Murphy and Nellie McClung, a group of...
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(1925–1934) John Edward Brownlee Perren Baker Frank Grisdale George Hoadley John Lymburn Oran McPherson Irene Parlby Richard Gavin Reid Alex Ross Vernor Smith...
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Slavonic and East European Review (1973) 51#122 pp. 58–74 in JSTOR "Irene Parlby and the United Farmers of Alberta". The Canadian Encyclopedia. 1921-07-18...
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not have been aired publicly". Brownlee's political allies, including Irene Parlby and Henry Wise Wood, remained loyal, with Wood keeping a large picture...
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(Henrietta Muir Edwards, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, Emily Murphy, and Irene Parlby) approved of eugenics. They supported the 1928 Sexual Sterilization Act...
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(1925–1934) John Edward Brownlee Perren Baker Frank Grisdale George Hoadley John Lymburn Oran McPherson Irene Parlby Richard Gavin Reid Alex Ross Vernor Smith...
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