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The Famous Five: Heroes for Today
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Statue of Mrs. Murphy at Emily Murphy Park in Edmonton Aside from the monuments honouring the Famous 5 together, each member except Henrietta Muir Edwards has received their own recognition in their home communities. Emily Murphy is remembered in Edmonton, where she spent most of her adult life. Her former house near the University of Alberta is a Provincial Historic Site. A river valley park is also named in her honour, and a statue of her is erected near the park's west entrance.

Louise McKinney is honoured in her birthplace of Frankville, Ontario, where a cairn recognizing her accomplishments was unveiled in Emily Murphy's house in Garneau, Edmonton1964. She is also remembered in her hometown of Claresholm, where a memorial plaque was installed outside the local post office in June 1947. The local historical society also keeps a garden in front of their museum, named after Mrs. McKinney. A major riverfront park in Edmonton, to be completed in 2004, will also be named in her honour.

Irene Parlby's home near Alix, named Manadon Irene Parlby, who was a prominent community member in the Alix District northeast of Red Deer, was the last of the Famous 5 to pass away. On June 28, 1967, two years after her death, a bronze plaque and landscaped park were dedicated to her honour on the north side of Diamond Lake, near Alix. Her last country house (named "Manadon" after her husband's family's home in Devonshire) has been preserved and her lovely gardens maintained.

Two of Nellie McClung's former houses have also been preserved. Her former residence at 803 15th Avenue SW in Calgary, where she lived from 1923 to 1932, was designated a Provincial Historic Resource in 1978. Her Victoria home has also been restored and offers guided tours.

The McKinney Memorial Plaque, appearing in the Calgary Albertan on June 24, 1947 Aside from the Senate plaque and the Famous 5 monuments in Calgary and Ottawa, there are no such markers dedicated to Henrietta Muir Edwards. This should not be taken to indicate that she was the least important of the Famous 5, but rather that her achievements have been least recognized. Perhaps in future she will attain the same level of recognition according to her achievements as the other four women.

 
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