A New Day for Women, Life & Writings of Emily Spencer Kerby

Ed: Anne White (SC 138 p)
ISBN 1-55383-029-6

Emily Spencer Kerby was a prominent social activist and educator in Calgary from 1904 to 1938.

In 1914 she co-presented a petition of 44,000 names to Premier Sifton requesting the franchise for women. She was an outspoken advocate of women’s rights, the sanctity of marriage and maternity, and the dignity of home and health.