famous female in Canadian history in terms of what she did for women’s rights in Canada. Murphy was born in 1868 in Cookstown, Ontario, where her and her 2 brothers were encouraged by their father to share responsibilities equally. Murphy attended school in Toronto, and was influenced by her family of politicians to go into the family business. Fast forward some years in 1916, she became the first female judge in Canada and the British Empire. In her first case on July 1st, 1916, she found a prisoner…
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