Anti-Canada Day Special: Emily Murphy

<p>In this Anti-Canada Day episode, Eva &amp; Emma discuss famous Canadian ‘feminist’ Emily Murphy. Murphy was known for her role in the passing of various laws related to women’s rights in the early 20th century, such as the Dower Act and the Person’s Case. She was also a fervent racist and eugenicist. Listen to her story in this week’s episode.</p> <p>Content warning – this episode deals with some seriously disturbing content around eugenics, racism, ableism, and forced sterilization.</p> <p>Reading List:</p> <p><a href="https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/biography-people/murphy/Pages/emily-murphy.aspx">“Emily Murphy”- Library and Archives Canada</a><br> <a href="https://sencanada.ca/en/sencaplus/how-why/why-the-persons-case-matters/">“Why the Persons Case Matters”- Senate of Canada</a><br> <a href="https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/chung/chungpub/items/1.0056290#p22z-6r0f">The Black Candle by Emily Murphy</a><br> <a href="https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/chung/chungpub/items/1.0056290#p22z-6r0f">Emily Murphy by Susan Jackel</a><br> <a href="http://eugenicsarchive.ca/discover/tree/512fa1bd34c5399e2c000007">Emily Murphy, The Eugenics Archive, by Sheila Gibbons</a><br> <a href="https://eugenicsarchive.ca/database/documents/5172e81ceed5c6000000001d">Alberta Passes the Sexual Sterilization Act, The Eugenics Archive, by Luke Kersten</a><br> <a href="https://opentextbc.ca/postconfederation/">Canadian History: Post-Confederation by John Douglas Belshaw</a></p> <p>Gordon, Todd. “Neoliberalism, Racism, and the War on Drugs in Canada.” <em>Social Justice</em>, vol. 33, no. 1 (103), 2006, pp. 59–78. <em>JSTOR</em>, <a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/29768352" rel="nofollow">http://www.jstor.org/stable/29768352</a>. Accessed 26 June 2021.</p> <p>Backhouse, Constance. “The White Women’s Labor Laws: Anti-Chinese Racism in Early Twentieth-Century Canada.” <em>Law and History Review</em>, vol. 14, no. 2, 1996, pp. 315–368. <em>JSTOR</em>, <a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/743786" rel="nofollow">http://www