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    The first female member of Parliament, Anges Macphail is a local hero and an icon for women's rights even today.

    2 articles on sheet for Death of Agnes Macphail "Agnes Macphail last rites held" "Miss Macphail, ex-MPP Passes"

    Handwritten notes drafted by Agnes Macphail on three pieces of House of Commons Canada stationery outlining three motions involving WW1 veterans, and inheritance rights of married women and mothers.

    Black and white picture of Dougald McPhail's Farm in Artemesia Township, Six Corners, near Ceylon.

   

    Built in 1910, this was the first rural high school in Ontario and the only high school between Orangeville and Owen Sound. The original building was damaged in a fire during expansion in 1952 so the

    Belonged to Agnes Macphail.

    Worn by Agnes Macphail.

Markdale Standard, April 30, 1942, Not Known     Proton Township Girl Shoots Father Ruby Campbell, 14-year-old. Proton township girl, shot her father at the farm home on con. 14, early Saturday morning. The father, Robert Campbell, had been in fail

    Reverse: "PUBLIC ARCHIVES MSS. DATE DEC 30 1958"; also, [handwritten] "MacPhail Papers, Vol.10, File 3" and notation "rec'd from Mrs R J [French?]". Signature on the back is probably Agnes Macphail's

    Excerpt from an article about Agnes Macphail, with pages containing editorial remarks by Lilly Bailey, Agnes Macphail's sister.

    This photograph is taken after 1907, after Agnes Macphail had graduated.

    [p. 225 reference to Ponsonby's book correlates with the Dear Friends letter written February 24, 1927]

    Archival record shows that: The hansard records the motion moved by Agnes C. Macphail. The item is still in a House of Commons envelop with free postage stamp, addressed to Mrs. Purdy Ceylon, Ont. [t

    This letter was discovered under the floorboards during the renovation of a house in Durham, Ontario that had previously been the home of Samuel Edge. According to the donor who found the item, "Samu

    Letter to the Editor expressing a counter opinion to Agnes Macphail's ideas about "militarists", and her speaking out against the war; the author of the letter had been in World War One.

    Letter to the Editor responding to Agnes Macphail's anti-Cadet stance.

    According to Carol Black, local historian, the letter accompanied a gift of a silver cup for Sweeny's grand-daughter, Agnes Sweeny (now Agnes Cooper).

    Private letter to Donna Mann describes Marjorie McKechnie's childhood memories of Agnes Macphail visiting the Acheson farm at Proton Station and humourous anecdote about Agnes Macphail's impromptu ad

    Flyer for the Agnes Macphail Annual "Park in the Picnic", commemorating a community tradition that Agnes Macphail started during her time in office representing the UFO