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Nellie Letitia McClung ( née Mooney; 20 October 1873 – 1 September 1951) was a Canadian author, politician, and social activist, who is regarded as one of Canada's most prominent suffragists. She began her career in writing with the 1908 book Sowing Seeds in Danny, and would eventually publish sixteen books, including two autobiographies.
Apr 1, 2008 · Nellie Letitia McClung, née Mooney, suffragist, reformer, legislator, author (born 20 October 1873 in Chatsworth, ON; died 1 September 1951 in Victoria, BC). Nellie McClung was a women’s rights activist, legislator and author who is perhaps best known for her involvement in the Persons Case.
Nellie McClung was an orator and an entertainer; she was an author and an advocate; she was a teacher and a legislator. She was a prairie woman who used her talents, determination, and energy to bring about change in society.
Nellie McClung was a Canadian writer and reformer. After marrying in 1896, she became prominent in the temperance movement. Her Sowing Seeds in Danny (1908), a novel about life in a small western town, became a national best seller. She lectured widely on woman suffrage and other reforms in Canada.
May 21, 2019 · Nellie McClung (October 20, 1873–September 1, 1951) was a Canadian women's suffragette and temperance advocate. She became famous as one of the "Famous Five" Alberta women who initiated and won the Persons Case to have women recognized as persons under the BNA Act .
Nellie McClung. (1873 – 1951) Nellie McClung was an orator and an entertainer; she was an author and an advocate; she was a teacher and a legislator. She was a prairie woman who used her talents, determination, and energy to bring about change in society.
Nellie McClung was a dominant figure in Canadian feminism. She was raised a devout Christian and became a teacher when she was just 16. Less than a year later, she met activist Annie McClung — her future mother-in-law — and plunged into social reform. With Annie’s encouragement, she wrote a bestselling novel,
Nellie McClung was at this time already a well-known advocate and popular speaker about women’s suffrage. Having relocated with her family to Winnipeg, Nellie joined a group of men and women activists and founded the Political Equality League.
1873. Born Helen (Nellie) Letitia Mooney on October 20. in Chatsworth, Ontario. 1880. Family homesteads in Manitoba. 1889. Becomes a teacher. 1890. Meets social reformer Annie McClung and, in 1896, marries Annie’s son, Robert Wesley McClung, with whom she has five children.
An author, legislator, social reformer, and women’s rights activist. One of the Famous Five who campaigned to include women as persons. Born Letitia Ellen Mooney on a farm at Chatsworth, Ontario, grew up in Manitoba.
