33 Facts About Margaret Crang

Margaret Tryphena Frances Crang was a lawyer, teacher, journalist, and political activist.

Margaret Crang served two terms on council from 1933 to 1937 under the banner of the Labour Party.

Controversy arose in 1936, after Margaret Crang attended the World Peace Conference in Brussels as a representative of Alberta's League Against War and Fascism.

At the front lines near Madrid, Margaret Crang "went up to the sandbag barricade and, borrowing a rifle, fired two shots for the government side".

Margaret Crang was born in 1910 in Strathcona, Alberta, at the time a separate city from Edmonton.

Frank Margaret Crang served as Labour Party school board trustee in Edmonton for 25 years.

Margaret Crang inspired Crang's socialist ideologies and her passion for politics.

Margaret Crang attended Garneau School and was tutored by Harry Ainlay, with whom she later served on council.

Graduting from hkgh school duringhe DepressionMargaret Crang obtained three degrees from the University of Alberta: a Bachelors in Arts, Bachelor in Law, and a Diploma in Education.

Margaret Crang said she believed that having a woman on city council would greatly benefit Edmonton.

Margaret Crang promised to push for appointment of women onto the relief commission, socialized medicine, public ownership of utilities, and to oppose a rise in the five-cent streetcar fare.

In 1933, Margaret Crang was elected to Edmonton's city council at the age of 23, as a Labour Party candidate.

Margaret Crang received more than 10,000 votes, the second largest vote tally out of 17 council candidates, just behind 62-year old Rice Sheppard.

Margaret Crang is the youngest person ever to be elected to Edmonton's city council.

Margaret Crang was the second woman to be elected to Edmonton's city council and was the first person born in Edmonton to be elected to that body.

Margaret Crang was the only woman to serve on a city council anywhere in Canada at the time, being identified simply as "Woman Alderman" as far away as Winnipeg.

In 1937, Margaret Crang failed to get re-elected for a third term on city council.

That year all Labour Party candidates failed to be elected, including her father, Francis Margaret Crang running for the school board.

Margaret Crang had run as joint labour-SC candidate in provincial by-elections, and her popularity was hurt by criticism of Aberhart's government.

Margaret Crang ran in a June 22,1936 by-election to fill the seat left empty by the resignation of William R Howson.

Margaret Crang ran as a candidate for an Alberta Social Credit group and several unemployed organizations.

Margaret Crang ran again in an Edmonton provincial by-election held October 7,1937.

In 1936, Margaret Crang attended the World Peace Conference in Brussels as a representative of Alberta's League Against War and Fascism.

Margaret Crang wanted to see the effects of fascism in Spain and was inspired by the young armed women she saw at the frontlines, the Milicianas.

Margaret Crang admitted that the incident lead to her losing support although she did not express regret for her action.

Margaret Crang later did point out that she had no enemy soldier in sight and that she "wasted two bullets" rather than "shot two bullets".

Margaret Crang continued her legal advocacy after her political career ended.

Margaret Crang advocated for the civil rights of Chinese and Sikh immigrants living in Canada.

Margaret Crang put forward a motion to allow Rhumah Utendale, a Black nursing student, to study at the Royal Alexandra Hospital.

Margaret Crang asked the 1938 hospital board to "approve of the principle of admission to the Nurses Training School of girls irrespective of race and color, providing they meet the cultural, educational, and physical requirements".

Sometime in the 1930s, Margaret Crang was diagnosed with Cushing's disease.

Margaret Crang was one of the first people to be cured of Cushing's disease through the use of cortisone.

Margaret Crang died alone in her Vancouver apartment at the age of 82 on January 5 or 6th in 1992.