[BCMA] Upcoming Event at the Sidney Museum

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Hello BCMA Colleagues,

Please see the information below of a special upcoming event at the Sidney
Museum:

✨Celebrate Women's History Month at the Sidney Museum✨

Join us at the Sidney Museum for a Pink Tea: A historical and contemporary
discussion on politics and women to celebrate the 95th Anniversary of the
'Persons' Case.

🗓️ Friday, October 18th
🕑 2:00pm
📍 Sidney Museum and Archives

We will be serving tea and snacks at the Museum and invite members of the
public to come learn about women’s suffrage in Canada and the ‘Persons’
Case, as well as have discussions on current politics as the provincial
election is the following day.
What is the ‘Persons’ Case?
Friday October, 18th marks the 95th anniversary of Person’s Day, the day
the landmark decision by the Privy Council of Great Britain that determined
the word “person” in the Canada’s constitution included both men and women.
The changing of the definition of “person” was initiated by Judge Emily
Murphy, Hon. Irene Parlby, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Louise McKinney and
Nellie McClung, who became known as the Famous Five.

What is a Pink Tea?
When the Famous Five were campaigning for women to have the right to vote
and the right to run for elected office, their suffrage meetings were
disrupted by their opponents. Women traditionally held teas for special
occasions and since men didn’t attend these teas, suffragists started
calling their political meetings Pink Teas and very few opponents attended.

For more information please visit: sidneymuseum.ca/events-programs


We hope to see you there!

-Charlotte

-- 
*Charlotte Clar* (she/her)
Outreach and Volunteer Coordinator
Sidney Museum & Archives

2423 Beacon Ave L-3
Sidney BC  V8L 1X5
250-655-6355
outreach at sidneymuseum.ca
sidneymuseum.ca
*We respectfully acknowledge the Sidney Museum & Archives has been shaped
by the colonial history of Canada, and is located in Sidney/SET,TINES on
the territory of the W̱SÁNEĆ People including the **BOḰEĆEN (Pauquachin),
SȾÁ,UTW̱ (Tsawout), MÁLEXEŁ (Malahat), W̱JOȽEȽP (Tsartlip) and W̱SÍḴEM
(Tseycum) First Nations.*
*We understand that territory acknowledgment is just one part of
Reconciliation, and the museum continues to work towards other ways that we
can participate in Reconciliation alongside Indigenous communities.*
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