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Emily Murphy
Canadian politician (1868–1933)
This article is about the Canadian women's rights activist. For the American government official, see Emily W. Murphy. For the English footballer, see Emily Murphy (footballer).
Emily Murphy | |
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| Born | Emily Gowan Ferguson (1868-03-14)14 March 1868 Cookstown, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | 27 October 1933(1933-10-27) (aged 65) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | Magistrate, activist, author |
| Known for | Women's rights activist |
| Spouse | Arthur Murphy (m. 1887) |
| Children | 4 |
Emily Murphy (born Emily Gowan Ferguson; 14 March 1868 – 26 October 1933)[1] was a Canadian women's rightsactivist 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 C
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Emily W. Murphy
American government official (born 1973)
Emily Webster Murphy (born 1973) is an American attorney and former government official who served as the administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) from 2017 to 2021.[1][2] Before serving in the GSA, Murphy was an attorney for the Republican National Committee and worked for several congressional committees and executive departments in the field of acquisition policy.
She was appointed as GSA administrator in 2017 by PresidentDonald Trump.[3] She came under scrutiny after the 2020 presidential election for her delay in starting the presidential transition to the Biden administration after Joe Biden won the election on November 7. Murphy initially refused to sign a letter allowing Biden's transition team to access federal agencies and transition funds; this came as Trump refused to acknowledge Biden's victory.[4] She eventually signed the letter on November 23, allowing the presidential transition process to begin.[5]
Because of the transition delay,
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Emily Murphy
Born: March 14, 1868, Cookstown, Ontario, Canada
Died: October 17, 1933, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Biographical Note:
Emily (Ferguson) Murphy was an adult educator for womens rights, a prominent suffragist and reformer, the first female magistrate in the Commonwealth, the organizer of the Person's Case, and an accomplished author (under the pen name, Janey Canuck).
Before Emily's heroic efforts came to fruition in 1929, Canadian women were excluded from public office as senators, certain professions and universities. Her passion for social reform was the foundation of educating adults from all walks of life about women's rights: from women who under-valued themselves . . . to men who declared that women are persons in matters of pains and penalties, but are not persons in matters of rights and privileges . . . to the five Lords of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in England, Canada's highest court in those days.
In 1868, Emily was born
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