Henrietta Edwards

Henrietta Muir Edwards was a Canadian women's rights activist, author and reformer. She was the eldest of "The Famous Five", along with Emily Murphy, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney and Irene Parlby, who fought to have women recognized as "persons" under the law, and for the woman's right to vote in elections.

18 December 1849

Born on the same birth day (18 December): Akira Iida • Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria • Charles Oakley • Ilario Castagner • Jalen Johnson • Jonathan Cainer • Peter Wessel Zapffe • Robert Leckie (author) • Santiago Cañizares

Born in the same month (December 1849): August von Mackensen • Eduard Seler • Henry Clay Frick • John Milne • Mary Hartwell Catherwood