September 1, 1951 - Nellie McClung - a podcast by Stephen Hammond

Pioneer Canadian suffragist Nellie McClung dies. One of Canada’s most famous champions of women’s rights, Nellie McClung died in Victoria, B.C. on September 1, 1951. McClung was born Nellie Letitia Mooney in 1873 near Owen Sound, Ontario, before her family moved to rural Manitoba. After a career that spanned teaching and writing (she was a well-respected novelist and essayist), McClung got involved in the women’s movement. Her efforts on behalf of the Manitoba Liberal Party in 1914 and 1915 led Manitoba to become the first Canadian province to grant women the vote in 1916. A strong Methodist and an active member of the Woman’s Christian Temperance, McClung not only campaigned tirelessly for women to get the vote, but she fought hard for better working conditions, government-supported family allowance and better pensions. After moving to Alberta with her husband, Wesley McClung, she became a Liberal MLA in Edmonton. There, she also became one of the “famous five” activists who fought a successful battle all the way to the Privy Council in England to have women declared “persons” in the Canadian constitution.

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