Nellie McClung
Nellie Letitia McClung , née Mooney (born October 20, 1873 in Chatsworth , Ontario , † September 1, 1951 ) was a Canadian suffragette , author, politician and social activist. She was part of the social and moral reform movement around 1900 in western Canada . Nellie McClung was a member of The Famous Five .
Life
Born in Chatsworth, Ontario, the family later moved to Souris Valley , Manitoba, as settlers . Between 1904 and 1911, Nellie McClung lived in Manitou with her husband, Wesley, a pharmacist, and their five children . McClung lived in various cities in western Canada for the rest of her life: Manitou, Winnipeg , Edmonton , Calgary and Victoria . The Manitou house where McClung and her family lived has been moved to the Archibald Historical Museum in La Riviere , Manitoba, where it has been restored and is now open to the public.
She was the grandmother of Judge John McClung of Alberta.
Public work
McClung published her first novella Sowing Seeds in Danny 1908. It became a national bestseller, followed by short stories and articles in various Canadian and US magazines.
McClung became enthusiastic about the women's rights movement in Winnipeg and began working for the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). A gifted public speaker with a sense of humor, she played a leading role in the success of the Liberal Party of Canada campaign of 1914. a. the Winnipeg Political Equality League , the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada, and the Women's Institute of Edmonton , of which she was also the first female president. She was also active in the Canadian Authors Association , the Canadian Women's Press Club , the Methodist Church of Canada, and the Calgary Women's Literary Club .
McClung once said, "Why are pencils with erasers, if it is not right to improve error" ( "Why are pencils equipped with erasers if not to correct mistakes?" ) This quote argued for supporting equitable divorce laws, for which Nellie for a long time Time started. Her greatest concerns have always been the fight for women's suffrage and the abstinence movement . She saw the First World War as an important milestone, as it led to the spread of the demand for women's suffrage, the shortage of workers emphasized the importance of female work and the image of the women to be protected was obviously incorrect under the given Canadian circumstances . It was largely thanks to their efforts that women were given the right to vote and run for political office in Manitoba, the first province in Canada in 1916. The Canadian government followed suit that same year.
After moving to Edmonton, Alberta , she continued to fight for women's suffrage. She campaigned for medical and dental care for school children, the right to property for married women, allowances for mothers, industrial safety laws and many other reforms. McClung was a proponent of the then very popular social philosophy of eugenetics and advocated the sterilization of so-called "simple-minded" people. Their promotion of the benefits of sterilization contributed to the eugenics bill in Alberta.
She was a Liberal MP in the Alberta Legislative Assembly from 1921 to 1926 , after which she was not re-elected. As an opposition member, however, opportunities to advance women's rights were limited as women were not taken seriously.
Together with Irene Parlby , Henrietta Muir Edwards , Emily Murphy and Louise McKinney , she was one of the Famous Five (also known as the Valiant Five ). The five drove a petition, the " Persons Case, " in 1927, which clarified the term "person" in the Constitution Act of 1867 and allows women to become members of the Canadian Senate . Until then, this section had ensured that women were excluded from political office. The petition was successful and enabled women in Canada to get involved in politics.
On August 29, 1973, an eight-cent stamp was issued in honor of Nellie McClung. Among other honors, the Senate decided in October 2009 to appoint McClung and the other members of the Famous Five as Canada's first “honorary senators”.
literature
Fictional
- Sowing Seeds in Danny (1908)
- The Second Chance (1910)
- The Black Creek Stopping House and Other Stories (1912)
- Purple Springs (1921)
- When Christmas Crossed 'The Peace' (1923)
- Painted Fires (1925)
- All We Like Sheep (1976)
- Be Good to Yourself (1980)
- Flowers for the Living (1991)
Non-fictional
- In Times Like These (1915)
- The Next of Kin (1917)
- Three Times and Out (1918)
- Clearing in the West (1935)
- Leaves from Lantern Lane (1936)
- More Leaves from Lantern Lane (1937)
- The Stream Runs Fast (1945)
- The Morning After Dawn (1950)
Web links
- Histori.ca re-enactment of Nellie McClung!
- Celebrating Women's Achievements - Nellie Letitia (Mooney) McClung
- Nellie McClung Girls' Junior High Program
- McClung's, a Ryerson University-based feminist publication
- Archibald Historical Museum, honoring the work and life of Nellie McClung
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engl. , Bibliothèque et Archives Canada , optionally also in French:
- french , ibid.
- The Famous 5, Heroes of Today , Alberta Heritage (Eng.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ at the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (Parliament of Alberta)
- ^ Hallett, ME: Nellie Letitia McClung ( English, French ) In: The Canadian Encyclopedia . September 12, 2019.
- ^ Conrad, Margaret and Alvin Finkel. History of the Canadian Peoples: 1867 to the present. Volume 2. Fifth Edition. Toronto: Pearson, Longman, 2006. p. 134
- ↑ Strong-Boag, Veronica. Ever a crusader: Nellie McClung, first wave feminist . (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1997), 279
- ↑ Strong-Boag, Veronica. Ever a crusader: Nellie McClung, first wave feminist . (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1997), 278
- ↑ Celebrating Women's Achievements. In: Library and Archives Canada . Retrieved September 12, 2019 .
- ↑ James Harley Marsh: Eugenics: Pseudo-science based on crude misconceptions of heredity ( English, French ) In: The Canadian Encyclopedia . Retrieved September 12, 2019.
- ↑ Veronica Strong-Boag. Ever a crusader: Nellie McClung, first wave feminist . (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1997), 279
- ^ Catherine Cavanaugh: Famous Five ( English, French ) In: The Canadian Encyclopedia . Retrieved September 16, 2019.
- ^ "Alberta's Famous Five named honorary senators." The Globe and Mail , October 11, 2009.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | McClung, Nellie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mooney, Nellie Letitia; Mooney McClung, Nellie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian feminist, author, politician, and social activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 20, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chatsworth , Ontario |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 1, 1951 |