Nellie mcclung biography summary form
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Overview
This lesson is based on viewing the Heritage Minute, "Nellie McClung," Nellie McClung was an important advocate of women's rights and suffrage. As a result of her campaigning, Manitoba became the first Canadian province to give women the vote in 1916.
Aims
Studying the life of Nellie McClung will provide students with an understanding of the concepts about "appropriate" gender roles that existed in her time and in ours. Students will also examine how McClung challenged these notions.
The "Nellie McClung" Heritage Minute will provide students with a starting point to conduct further research into McClung's life and career, as well as the suffrage movement in Canada. Students will stage a "mock parliament," similar to the one that McClung staged, and they will research when women and people with various ethnic origins were granted the right to vote in Canada.
Activities
1. A different world
Nellie McClung grew up in a
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NELLIE MCCLUNG
Canada's
Most Famous
Suffragist
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 is best known for two major achievements: being one of the leading women who helped ‘get the vote’ for most of the women of Manitoba (1916); and as a member of the ‘famous five’ - a group of women who challenged the meaning of the British North American Act and worked to get women declared ‘Persons’ rather than property under the law (1929).
Later in life, she was appointed the first woman to the first board of the CBC in 1932, Nellie also remained a human rights advocate throughout her decades in public life: She urged the government of British Columbia to extend the vote to Japanese Canadians in the 1930’s; petitioned the Canadia
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Biography of Nellie McClung, Canadian Activist for Women's Rights
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 beneath the BNA Act. She was also a popular novelist and author.
Fast Facts: Nellie McClung
- Known For: Canadian suffragette and author
- Also Known As: Helen Letitia Mooney
- Born: October 20, 1873 in Chatsworth, Ontario, Canada
- Parents: John Mooney, Letitia McCurdy.
- Died: September 1, 1951 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Education: Teachers College in Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Published Works: Sowing Seeds in Danny, Flowers for the Living; A Book of Short Stories, Clearing in the West: My Own Story, The Stream Runs Fast: My Own Story
- Awards and Honors: Named one of Canada's first "honorary senators"
- Spouse: Robert Wesley McClung
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