Happy 78th, People!

It was only 78 years ago today that the Judicial Committee of England's Privy Council, the highest court of appeal in Canada, at the time, made a momentous decision. On October 18, 1929, the five Lords of the Judicial Committee thought long and hard and came to the unanimous conclusion that the word "persons" in Section 24 of the British North America Act included both the male and the female members of Canada's population.
The decision was taken because of the appeal made by the rabble-rousing "Famous Five": Emily Murphy, Henriette Muir Edwards, Louise McKinney, Irene Parlby and Nellie McClung. The women had already been long-standing militants for social reforms in Canada when the "Persons Case" was brought to pass.
I wonder how many times the story of this case is presented to students in Canadian schools? Actually, I already know the answer is damn near never! It's a story that should be trumpeted loud and long. If it hadn't taken place, I wonder where the women of Canada might be today. Since women are usually the oppressed of the oppressed, I wonder, too, where all the disadvantaged of our country might stand today without the efforts made by these wonderful women?