Irene Murdoch and
Rosemary Brown
*Irene Murdoch was a Alberta farmer who divorced from her abusive husband
*She claimed a share to the ranch based on her contributions
*Supreme Court decided that she didn't deserve it because it was just regular work of a famers wife
*1973 she was granted payment
*This event helped change family law
*Jamaican born Rosemary Brown studied at McGill
*She won a NDP seat in BC
*First black woman to be elected to a legislature in Canada
*She claimed a share to the ranch based on her contributions
*Supreme Court decided that she didn't deserve it because it was just regular work of a famers wife
*1973 she was granted payment
*This event helped change family law
*Jamaican born Rosemary Brown studied at McGill
*She won a NDP seat in BC
*First black woman to be elected to a legislature in Canada
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Summary
Rosemary brown was another women who helped a great deal in the equalization of women in society. Irene murdoch showed that women weren't just around to get walked all over, if it hadn't been for some of these women we girls possibly might not even be here at shawnigan.