Emily Murphy was Alberta's first female judge and one of the so-called Famous Five women behind the 1929 Persons Case.

A statue of Emily Murphy in Edmonton's river valley has been defaced with red paint. 

Politics have, no doubt, come a long way since 1916. In those days, women like the historic Famous Five, were gathering at Nellie McClung’s Calgary home, fighting to secure the right for women in Alberta to vote.