Nellie letitia mcclung autobiography
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Nellie Letitia McClung
(b. 20 Oct. 1873, d. 1 Sept. 1951).
Canadian suffragist Born at Chatsworth (Ontario), she was a schoolteacher until her marriage in 1896. She became active in the woman's Christian Temperance Union, and in 1908 published her best-selling novel, Sowing Seeds in Danny. In 1911, McClung moved to Winnipeg, where she became active in the women's rights movement, continuing her activities upon moving to Edmonton. As a campaigner for women's suffrage and greater social equality for women, she spoke widely throughout Canada, the USA, and Britain. Her speeches have been collected in In Times Like These (1915). She entered the Alberta Legislative Assembly as a member of the Liberal Party (1921–6). In 1929, she was instrumental in the successful campaign to allow women to sit in the Canadian Senate. She moved to Vancouver Island in 1933, where she wrote part of her autobiography, Clearing in the West: My Own Story (1935), as well as short stories. She became a member o
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Nellie McClung
Biography & AutobiographyHistorical
The Complete Autobiography
edited bygd Veronica Strong-Boag & The Estate of Michelle Lynn Rosa
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Initial publish date
- May 2003
- Category
- Historical, General, Post-Confederation (1867-), Women
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Nellie Letitia McClung (1873-1951) is recognized as a key figure in Canadian history as well as Canadian literature. Her two-volume autobiography provides a remarkable and very readable konto of a truly extraordinary life. McClung is best known for her involvement in the 1929 "Person's Case," in which the British Privy Council ruled in favour of an appeal bygd the "Famous Five" against the judgement of the Supreme Court of Canada that women did not qualify legally as persons. McClung had, however, been a high profile figure, as a suffragist, politician, and writer, in Canadian politics and literatu
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The Stream Runs Fast: My Own Story
Book Details
| Title: | The Stream Runs Fast: My Own Story |
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| Published: | 1945 |
| Publisher: | Thomas Allen Limited |
| Tags: | biography, Canadiana, non-fiction |
| Description: | Following the reissue in 2005 of Nellie McClung's classic autobiography, "Clearing in the West," comes the highly anticipated second volume, "The Stream Runs Fast." Covering McClung's later life from 1896 to 1945, "The Stream Runs Fast" chronicles her life during some of the most important events in Canadian history, including the First and Second World Wars and The Great Depression. It also contains her personal account of the Famous Five case in 1927, in which she sought, along with four other female activists, the right for women to be recognized as "person" under the law. This law, which allowed women to be elected to the Senate, was a major step toward the entrance of women into Canadian |