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Nellie L. McClung


Born
in Chatsworth, Canada
October 20, 1873

Died
September 01, 1951

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Nellie McClung, born Nellie Letitia Mooney (20 October 1873 – 1 September 1951), was a Canadian feminist, politician, and social activist. She was a part of the social and moral reform movements prevalent in Western Canada in the early 1900s. In 1927, McClung and four other women: Henrietta Muir Edwards, Emily Murphy, Louise McKinney and Irene Parlby, who together came to be known as "The Famous Five" (also called "The Valiant Five")[citation needed], launched the "Persons Case," contending that women could be "qualified persons" eligible to sit in the Senate. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that current law did not recognize them as such. However, the case was won upon appeal to the Judicial Committee of the British Privy Council—the cou ...more

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Average rating: 3.78 · 329 ratings · 53 reviews · 81 distinct works • Similar authors
Clearing in the West
4.13 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 1990 — 13 editions
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Purple Springs
3.49 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1922 — 33 editions
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In Times Like These
3.79 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1915 — 79 editions
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STREAM RUNS FAST
3.97 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions
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Sowing seeds in Danny
3.48 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1908 — 85 editions
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Three Times and Out
4.25 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1918 — 43 editions
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The Black Creek Stopping-House
3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1912 — 43 editions
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Painted Fires
3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1925 — 21 editions
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The Second Chance
3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1910 — 56 editions
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“Women are going to form a chain, a greater sisterhood than the world has ever known.”
― Nellie McClung
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“Never explain, never retract, never apologize. Just get the thing done and let them howl.”
― Nellie McClung
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“Never complain, never explain, get the thing done and let them howl.”
― Nellie McClung
tags: canadian-feminist-pioneer
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