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Murphy, Emily Gowan Ferguson: 1868-1933. Born Cookstown, Ontario; educated at Bishop Strachan School; married Arthur Murphy, 1887; husband, a clergyman, transferred to Swan River, 1904, where she began writing as a journalist; moved to Edmonton, 1907; became active in or founded various social and women's rights organizations; appointed police magistrate to deal with cases of juvenile delinquency, 1916; one of "Famous Five" who carried the fight for admission of women to the Senate before the Privy Council and won their case, 1929; wrote under pseudonyms Emily Ferguson and Janey Canuck. // Haslehust, Ernest William: 1866-1949. Born Walthamstow, Essex, England; studied at Slade School; artist and illustrator; interested in gardens, nature, and scientific instruments. // Reynolds, Warwick: 1880-1926. Born Islington, England; spent some time working in Glasgow; illustrator, watercolourist, engraver; particularly interested in depicting animals; showed 8 pictures at Royal Academy. // Also published, London & Toronto: J.M. Dent, [1920?] (250p.).

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