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Literary Club. She was readmitted to the bar in 1936 to support her family after her husband became ill from earlier injuries acquired during service in the First World War; he died six years later. She gradually took over her husband's practice and soon after became New Brunswick's first female judge of a probate court. She also became clerk of the county court and the circuit court and the town solicitor for Grand Falls.
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In 1926, she retired from only one year's practice at law in the office of her barrister father, James McQueen, to marry Aubrey S. Fergusson. She lived with her husband in Grand Falls, New
Brunswick, for ten years, during which time she opened the Malabeam Tea Room, and organized community activities
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Fergusson fought for increased participation of women in politics. In 1946, she successfully petitioned for the right of all women in New
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Fergusson also advocated for pay equity and protection of women's and children's rights. She spoke regularly at women's group events on topic of pay equity and wills. She fought to have a pay raise of $ 100 per year for all male city employees expanded to included female employees as well, up from
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