The Valiant Nellie McClung: Selected Writings by Canada's Most Famous Suffragist

Although her name today is synonymous with the women's suffrage movement in Canada, Nellie McClung's long and varied career covered several fields--from social activist to elected politician, from novelist to journalist. McClung was instrumental in Canadian women gaining the right to vote before their British and American counterparts--2016 marks the one-hundred-year anniversary of women's suffrage in Manitoba, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia. She was also one of the Famous Five who in 1929 successfully petitioned a change in the British North America Act to include women as "persons," thereby allowing them to serve in the Senate. McClung was a household name by the time she was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in 1921, a post she held for five years. When she settled on Vancouver Island in 1932, McClung was a highly esteemed public figure who had not only changed Canada's political landscape and influenced women's rights worldwide but had also raised five children and written a dozen best-selling books. From her beloved Island home, Lantern Lane, McClung continued to speak out against social injustice and inequality. In the late 1930s, she began to write a syndicated weekly newspaper column that served as social commentary for the years leading up to World War II. The Valiant Nellie McClung highlights a selection of those columns--covering themes as grave as war, as fundamental as the strength of the family unit, and as whimsical as the pleasure of gardening--and offers a unique reflection of our country's history and an uncanny resonance today.

Author: Barbara Smith, Nellie McClung
Publisher: Heritage House
Published: 10/31/2016
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781772031461

About the Author
McClung, Nellie: - Nellie McClung (1873-1951) was a Canadian feminist, politician, author, and activist best known for her role in the women's suffrage movement and the successful overturning of the law that failed to recognize women as persons eligible to sit in the Senate. McClung and four other women--Henrietta Muir Edwards, Emily Murphy, Louise McKinney and Irene Parlby--came to be known as "The Famous Five" or "The Valiant Five" for their fight for the equal rights of women. After leaving politics, McClung went on to have a long and successful career as a bestselling author and journalist.Smith, Barbara: - Barbara Smith is the author of over thirty books, including Great Canadian Ghost Stories, Campfire Stories of Western Canada, The Famous Five, The Valiant Nellie McClung, Hoaxes and Hexes, The Mad Trapper, and perennial bestsellers Ghost Stories of Alberta, Ghost Stories and Mysterious Creatures of British Columbia, and Ghost Stories of the Rocky Mountains.

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