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  The Famous Five - Louise McKinney
Louise McKinney was the first woman elected to government in Canada--a choice made by both men and women.
McKinney and Henrietta Muir Edwards drafted a bill which she introduced which was passed to become the Dower Act, one of Alberta's most progressive laws.
McKinney was a delegate to the final Methodist General Conference in 1925.
www.abheritage.ca /famous5/achievements/louise_mckinney.html   (787 words)

  
  McKinney, Louise
McKinney, Louise, née Crummy, women's rights activist, legislator (b at Frankville, Ont 22 Sept 1868; d at Claresholm, Alta 10 July 1931).
McKinney achieved national renown as one of the 5 appellants, the "Famous Five,"; in the PERSONS CASE.
McKinney brought her convictions to the Alberta legislature, as MLA 1917-21, where she also urged social-welfare measures for immigrants and widows.
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&TCE_Version=A&ArticleId=A0004959&MenuClosed=0   (151 words)

  
 Descendants of Thomas McKinney - pafg05.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Lucy Naomi McKinney (James Daniel, Reuben M. Wilson, Thomas) was born on 29 Dec 1896 in, Mitchell, Nc.
Ruth Nervesta McKinney (James Daniel, Reuben M. Wilson, Thomas) was born on 9 Mar 1906 in Piedmont, Anderson, Sc.
Frances Louise McKinney (James Daniel, Reuben M. Wilson, Thomas) was born on 1 Jan 1915 in Belton, Anderson, SC.
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 thedailytimes.com - GEORGE LEROY HOWARD - CARRIE LEA MCKINNEY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Louise was an active member of the Karns community where she lived and worked as a hair stylist for nearly 25 years.
Louise was preceded in death by her parents, Lora Grace Taylor and Frank A. Reed; brothers, Lee Frank Reed and Bobby Dean Reed.
Louise is survived by her two sons, James Douglas Solomon and wife, Paula A., Michael DeWayne Solomon and wife, Paula A.; sisters, Linda Grace Taylor and Sue Phelps; and her granddaughter, Allison Michelle Solomon.
www.thedailytimes.com /sited/story/html/205882   (679 words)

  
 The Herald - Artist’s work displays civil rights struggle of African-Americans
McKinney, 36, was born in Waterbury but has lived in Southington since she was 10.
McKinney said that she kept her paintings and photographs composed during the past 10 years and decided to do something with the works.
McKinney said that her parents taught her about race relations for African- Americans living in both the North and South, which instilled in her a desire to relate their stories through art.
www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=10835132&BRD=1641&PAG=461&dept_id=10112&rfi=6   (489 words)

  
 report5   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Louise helped organize a branch of the W.C.T.U in her community, south of Calgary.
McKinney was nominated as an independent candidate, running and winning because of her support of prohibition - prohibiting the public sale of alcohol.
She and nursing Sister Roberta MacAdams, who was also elected in the same vote, share the distinction of being the first women in the entire British Empire to sit as elected officials.
www.stthomasu.ca /~truth/truth01/finlwebs/famous/report5.htm   (293 words)

  
 Margaret Ione (Maggie) Moore and Eugene McKinney Sr.
Geroge Harris McKinney, Jr., (b: 19__), son of Elizabeth Dickey Fikes and Geoege Harris McKinney Sr.; grandson of Margaret Ione (Maggie) Moore and Eugene McKinney Sr.
Margaret McKinney, (b: 19__) daughter of Elizabeth Dickey Fikes and Geoege Harris McKinney Sr.; granddaughter of Margaret Ione (Maggie) Moore and Eugene McKinney Sr.
Linda McKinney, (b: Dec 15 1949), daughter of Marjorie Louise Taulbert and Eugene KcKinney, Jr.; granddaughter of Ruby Childress and James Henry Taulbert; and Margaret Ione (Maggie) Moore Mckinney and Eugene McKinney Sr.; married (m: Feb 10 1972) Thomas Earl Smith, (b: Aug 6 1951), son of Marjorie Wynell Mabry and Earl Clarence Smith.
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Report The Louise McKinney Riverfront Park vision is to create an urban waterfront to connect the river valley to downtown Edmonton.
A boat launch is not proposed for Louise McKinney Riverfront Park, however, floating boat docks are proposed at the west end of the park.
Louise McKinney Riverfront Park program opportunities are currently limited by the lack of washrooms and services on the site.
www.edmonton.ca /OcctopusDocs/Public/Complete/Reports/CS/Elected-1995/2004-03-01/2004CSP009.doc   (1033 words)

  
 Clifford Web Generation Seven
Boucher McKinney; born 3 June 1914 in Lockport, Fairview Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; married, 7 June 1940 in Schenectady, New York, Julia Barnard; born 26 November 1914 in Scotia, New York; died 25 August 1980 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; buried in Fort Palmer Cemetery, Fairfield Township, Westmoreland County.
Louise McKinney (enumerated as Sarah in the 1920 federal census);
Marie was the oldest of five children of William H. and Josephine Louise (Lytle) Fleming of Oil Creek Township, near Pleasantville, Venango County, Pennsylvania.
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 ouise Jones McKinney
Louise Jones McKinney is an educator, a business woman, and a community activist.
Louise Jones McKinney, in addition to her continuing involvement in education and the time she spends in business, she is involved in a number of community endeavors.
McKinney is in her second term on the Board of Equalization and Appeals, where she hears the challenges of petitioners to the tax value the county has placed on their property.
www.modelfamilies.org /htmldocs/ljmckinney.htm   (303 words)

  
 McKinney, Garvis "Cotton"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Services for Cotton McKinney, 75, of Kilgore will be two p.m., Thursday, July 28, 2005 at the Forest Home Baptist Church with the Reverend Buddy Duggins officiating.
McKinney’s parents moved their family to East Texas in the early 1930’s.
McKinney loved his church; he was a Deacon, Sunday School Teacher, Royal Ambassador Leader and did any general worked that needed to be done at Forest Home Baptist Church.
www.raderfuneralhome.com /newspro/viewnews.cgi?newsid1122500974,96107,   (172 words)

  
 Calgary & Southern Alberta - Louise Crummy McKinney   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
In her lifetime, Louise Crummy McKinney combined all of the reform movements of the Word War I period: social gospel, prohibition, suffrage, and rural discontent.
Born in rural Ontario in 1868, McKinney moved to North Dakota where she taught, married, and became involved in the American prohibition movement before moving to Alberta in 1903.
As president of the Alberta Women’s Christian Temperance Union, McKinney crusaded against alcohol and non-Anglo-Saxon immigration.
www.ucalgary.ca /applied_history/tutor/calgary/mckinney.html   (140 words)

  
 National Council of Women of Canada
McKinney is a granddaughter-in-law of Louise McKinney, one of The Famous 5.
Marjorie McKinney wishes to acknowledge and express her thanks to Nancy Millar who wrote the book entitled "The Famous 5 Emily Murphy and the Case of the Missing Persons," published by The Western Heritage Centre, P.O. Box 1477, Cochrane, Alberta T0L 0W0.
McKinney used much of the information found in this book in preparing her own talks.
www.ncwc.ca /aboutUs_five.html   (520 words)

  
 Information about Canada FDC: 17¢ Louise McKinney   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Because of their service work it is not surprising that dedicated feminists like Louise McKinney won the respect of all Canadians -- which eventually led to the voting booth.
In her home province, McKinney saw her efforts on behalf of suffrage come to fruition in 1916 when Alberta granted women the franchise.
In 1929, Louise McKinney was one of five women who, by their appeal to the Privy Council of Great Britain, won for women the right of entry into the Canadian Senate.
www.unicover.com /EA4NC65W.HTM   (445 words)

  
 OA Online Obituaries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Janie McKinney was born on April 12, 1916, to JPH and Lottie McMullan in Bronte, Texas.
Janie McKinney was a beloved wife and mother and she will be missed dearly.
Janie McKinney is preceded in death by her parents; and her late husband, SR McKinney, who passed away on April of 1976.
www.oaoa.com /obit/obits081003.htm   (954 words)

  
 Obituaries
She is survived by son; daughter; five grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; four nieces; three nephews; many cousins and friends.
Services for Cotton McKinney, 75, of Kilgore will be 2 p.m., Thursday, July 28, 2005 at Forest Rome Baptist Church with Rev. Buddy Duggins officiating.
He married Louise Beets July 22, 1950, He worked for ARCO 34 years where he was a gang pusher, before his retirement in June 1985.
www.kilgorenewsherald.com /News/2005/0728/Obits   (552 words)

  
 WBKO | McKinney, William T.
He was a son of the late Mondie and Louise Kitchens McKinney and husband of the late Myrtle C. McKinney.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Teresa A. Sams, and a brother, Billy Ray McKinney.
Survivors include two sons, William T. and Kenneth R. McKinney, both of Indianapolis; two sisters, Virginia McCoy of Morgantown and Mardell Deweese of Bloomington, Ind.; four brothers, Laymon McKinney of Evansville, Ind., Royce and Dyke McKinney, both of Dunbar, and J.B. McKinney of Morgantown; four grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
www.wbko.com /obituaries/1586247.html   (133 words)

  
 Louise McKinney   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Louise was born in Frankville,Ontario on September 22, 1868.
She attended school in Ottawa and she taught for seven years in Ontario.
Louise was the second person to sign the petition about the" Persons Case".
www.wsd1.org /pj2k/famous5/LMcKinney.html   (50 words)

  
 New Orleans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The city is also uniquely vulnerable to climatic disaster, but as the events of 2005 have shown, is resilient and irrepressibly positive in its outlook.
Louise McKinney explores the soul of this deeply spiritual and hedonistic place, where every year the pre-Lenten Mardi Gras bursts forth with outrageous excess.
LOUISE MCKINNEY is a Canadian poet and journalist.
www.signalbooks.co.uk /books/neworleans.htm   (312 words)

  
 ATA NEWS - Volume 33, Number 2 - ATA Gold Medals awarded to top university students   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Students showing the highest general proficiency, including student teaching experiences, in their final two years of the BEd program were recognized by their faculties of education during convocation ceremonies held in May and June.
Moholitny is the recipient of the Edna Catherine Press Memorial Prize in 1998 and received the Louise McKinney Post-Secondary Scholarship in 1996 and 1997.
Louise Théroux is the recipient of the La Medaille D'Or Marie-Louise Brugeyroux Gold Medal in Education at the Faculté Saint-Jean for 1998.
www.teachers.ab.ca /archive/newsletter/teachers.ab.ca/gold2.html   (409 words)

  
 Persons Case - Alberta Community Development
Their victory was the result of an arduous struggle by five Alberta women, later to be known as the "Famous Five".
In 1936 she became the first woman on the Board of Governors for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and in 1939 was Canada’s sole woman representative to the League of Nations.
Louise McKinney (née Crummy) had the distinction of being the first woman to be elected to a legislature in the British Empire.
www.cd.gov.ab.ca /helping_albertans/human_rights/womens_issues/persons_case/index.asp   (1409 words)

  
 Governor General's Awards in Commemoration of the Persons Case - The "Famous Five" and the Persons ...
The Famous Five achieved not only the right for women to serve in the Senate, but they and their many contributions paved the way for women to participate in other aspects of public life and the assertion of women's rights is now honoured by the Governor General's Awards in Commemoration of the Persons Case.
Louise (Crummy) McKinney raged against the evils of alcohol and the "disabilities laid on women" and played a leading role in bringing Alberta women the right to vote in 1916.
She was the first woman sworn in to the Alberta Legislature and the first in any Legislature in the British Empire.
www.swc-cfc.gc.ca /dates/persons/case_e.html   (1246 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Louise McKinney was the first woman elected to the Alberta Legislature — in 1917.
In fact, Louise McKinney was the very first woman elected to the Alberta Legislature.
So, one sunny afternoon she sat at her desk and wrote letters to Nellie McClung, Irene Parlby, Henrietta Muir Edwards, and Louise McKinney and asked them to come to her house for tea.
www.famous5.org /frames/frame_readerscript.htm   (4385 words)

  
 McKinney Repertory Theatre - Officers
Jake Correll, retired Marine, moved to McKinney in 1988.
He began acting in high school in 1961, was the president of his high school thespian troupe, and received an Award for Excellence in Acting at the Delaware State High School Play Festival in 1963.
Andy resides in McKinney's Historic District with his wife Ann and their two Golden Retrievers.
www.mckinneyrep.org /officers.htm   (436 words)

  
 Edmonton - Home - Louise Mckinney Park   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Located on the northern banks of the North Saskatchewan River, across Grierson Hill Road from the Shaw Conference Centre, folks find Louise McKinney Park a nice lazy way to spend the afternoon gazing on the valley.
Louise McKinney Park is also connected to the river valley trails system, offering visitors access to a long network of cycling, running and walking paths.
Directions: Louise McKinney Park is located on the north side of Saskatchewan River, south of Grierson Hill between 95 Street and 99 Street.
www.edmontonplus.ca /portal/profile.do?act=print&profileID=34686&categoryID=6   (192 words)

  
 Fall_1985 McKinney Maze
The McKinney Family Association and Library was founded September 1981 as a non-profit, educational association and library, dedicated to researching, preserving and collecting historical and family data.
Mordecai McKinney born Maryland, believed son of William and grandson of Mordecai of New Jersey; this Mordecai married Elisabeth Dils (Dilts) dau of Johannes Dills of Hunterdon Co., New Jersey.
David selected a place to bury his child, and the place is now known as the Trimble graveyard and which has since become so noted as a cemetery by reason of its containing the remains of so many representatives of the numerous families that lived and died in the surrounding country.
www.mckinneymaze.com /Issues/Fall1985.html   (6902 words)

  
 The Bryan-College Station Eagle-Obituaries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
ABILENE — Services for Louise Arrington McKinney, 97, of Abilene took place Sunday at Hillcrest Church of Christ in Abilene.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Bruno Durst McKinney.
Survivors include three sons, James Durst McKinney of Brentwood, Tenn., Jack McKinney of Searcy, Ark., and Bob McKinney of Tyler; a daughter, Betty Grey Hejl of Abilene; 12 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren.
www.theeagle.com /region/records/obituaries/decemberobits/122700obits.htm   (803 words)

  
 Women's History Month 2000  |  Status of Women Canada
Nurses in the Armed Forces and women who have close relatives in the Armed Forces are given the right to vote, on behalf of their male relatives, in federal elections.
Louise McKinney and Roberta MacAdams Price become the first two women of the British Empire elected to a provincial legislature (Alberta).
Louise Fréchette becomes the first Canadian appointed to the position of Deputy Secretary General - the second most important position in the United Nations.
www.cfc-swc.gc.ca /dates/whm/2000/dates_e.html   (3081 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The keynote speaker will be the Rev. Samuel B. McKinney, pastor emeritus of Mount Zion Baptist Church in Seattle and a college classmate of Dr. King.
McKinney recently retired from Mt. Zion Baptist Church, where he was pastor of the 2,800-member congregation for the past 40 years.
Louise McKinney, a Seattle area educator, has been a member of the Harborview Medical Center visiting committee for the past five years.
depts.washington.edu /uweek/archives/1999.01.JAN_07/_article15.html   (462 words)

  
 Louise Crummy McKinney - Canadian Women in Government - Celebrating Women's Achievements
Louise Crummy McKinney - Canadian Women in Government - Celebrating Women's Achievements
Louise McKinney attended normal school in Ottawa and taught for seven years in Ontario and then in North Dakota prior to moving with her husband, in 1903, to a homestead near Claresholm, Northwest Territories (later Alberta).
-- P. Sheehan, Nancy M. -- "Achieving personhood : Louise McKinney and the WCTU in Alberta, 1905-1930”.
www.collectionscanada.ca /women/002026-832-e.html   (589 words)

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