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In 1928, the Supreme Court of Canada had rejected their request, but a year later, the Judicial Committee of the British Privy Council granted their appeal and found in their favour. Thus can be read at the end of a formal 14-page decision “that the word ‘persons’ in section 24 [of the British North America Act] includes members both of the male and female sex... and that women are eligible to be summoned to and become members of the Senate of Canada. ”Emily Murphy, the instigator and leader of the movement to have women admitted into the Senate, had stood firm, giving up not one inch of ground. | |
