The Resume

(March 14, 1868-October 17, 1933)
Born in Cooksville, Ontario, Canada
Birth name was Emily Ferguson
One of the Famous Five
Married Anglican minister Arthur Murphy (1887)
Wrote ‘The Impressions of Janey Canuck Abroad’ (1901), ‘Janey Canuck in the West’ (1910), ‘Open Trails’ (1912), ‘Seeds of Pine’ (1914), and ‘The Black Candle’ (1922) under the pen name ‘Janey Canuck’
Founder of Women’s Canadian Club in Edmonton (1911)
Died in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Why she might be annoying:

She was a nativist who campaigned for anti-immigration laws and thought that immigration was downgrading Canada's morality.
She backed her campaign against drugs by using non-Northern European Canadians as examples of drug users.
She supported the sterilization of the mentally ill.

Why she might not be annoying:

She was the first female magistrate in the British Empire (1916).
Thanks to her family's involvement in politics, she became one of the most influential suffragists in Canada as well.
She became the first woman hired to the Edmonton Hospital Board (1910).
Her house in Edmonton is on the 'Canadian Register of Historic People and Places'.
Thanks to her political activities, the Alberta legislature passed the Dower Act, which allows a wife to inherit one-third of her husband's property (1911).
She died of diabetes while sleeping.
She campaigned for women's rights and drug restriction.
As one of the Famous Five, she persuaded the Supreme Court of Canada that women were included as 'persons' (1930).

Credit: Big Lenny

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Big Lenny's Profiles [Series 01]
• CBC's Greatest Canadians (Ranked: 74)
• Famous Five of Canada
• I Come from Canada
• I Died in 1933 (Ranked: 65)
• I Have A Well-Rounded Birthday: Born On Pi Day (March 14) (Ranked: 1868)
• I Have Diabetes
• I Outlived My Child
• Man's World
• My Spouse is at Least Ten Years Older than Me
• Newspaper Journalists/Editors/Publishers
• Profiles 27001-27250 (Ranked: 27058)
• Suffragettes

Year In Review:

In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 26 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 29 Votes: 58.62% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying