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Persons Day
Persons Day is an annual celebration in Canada, held on October 18 each year. The day commemorates the case of ''Edwards v. Canada (Attorney General)'', more commonly known as ''The Persons Case''–a famous Canadian constitutional case decided on October 18, 1929 by the Judicial Committee of the Imperial Privy Council, at that time the court of last resort for Canada, which held that women were eligible to sit in the Canadian Senate.
While not a civic holiday, several women's groups across Canada make significant note of the day, including The Women's Legal Education and Action Fund〔(The Women's Legal Education and Action Fund )〕 and The Canadian Voters Congress〔(The Canadian Voters Congress )〕 It is special that the day resides on October 18, however on the Persons Day website, it is noted that this will be repeated every year until Tuesday October 18, 2016.〔"Persons Day." Canadianwomen.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Nov. 2014.〕
==History==
It was in the 1900s when the Canadian west experienced a great deal of change. In Alberta, it changed from a rural to urban population. 〔 http://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/commemoration/pd-jp/history-histoire-eng.html〕 However, this created a great deal of problems. Men outnumbered women, causing social problems such as alcohol abuse and prostitution. This only seemed to make women more motivated. They not only tried to fix the society in which they belonged but also wanted a role in politics. It was in the year 1916, that Alberta passed legislation granting women the right to vote. 〔http://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/commemoration/pd-jp/history-histoire-eng.html〕 However, there seemed to be an issue with the word ''Person'' in the federal act. For some ''persons'' is used when talking about more than one person and ''he'' is used when talking about one person. This caused the issue that the Act was really saying that only a man could be a person, which was preventing women from participating fully in politics or affairs of state.〔http://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/commemoration/pd-jp/history-histoire-eng.html〕
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