Henrietta Edwards

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Edwards was elected to be the Chairman and Irene Parlby as Vice Chairman. With her new

responsibilities she began to change federal and provincial laws concerning women, marriage,

divorce, adoption, property and dower rights, child protection, minimum wage and widows

allowance.

In 1916 she published the first edition of "The Legal Status of Women in Alberta", which

was the same year women achieved the right to vote. In 1921 and 1924 she published to more

issues. Mrs. Edwards then prepared the "Legal Handbook" and kept it up to date. She stayed as

chairman for the "Law Committee of the Council of Women" for over 35 years. She became a

Red Cross leader during the war and when money was scarce during the war, she became the first

woman in Canadian history to be asked by the government to review Canadian Policy. She told

the government more then they wanted to know when she said, "war or no war there should be a

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