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Our Nell
Nellie McClung was an extremely controversial figure in the first half of the 20th century: cartoonists viciously lampooned her and Conservatives burned her in effigy. But women across the country loved her. A spirited, witty and compassionate crusader, McClung was a best-selling author, a member of Parliament and a fervent advocate of women's rights. She was also the happily married mother of five, and a woman who loved a fancy hat. In telling this story, Candace Savage has drawn a vivid portrait of Nellie McLung and the times in which she lived. Incorporating McClung's own published writings--her autobiography, novels, short stories and articles--and informed by interviews with many who knew her, Our Nell is an immediate and intimate portrait of a remarkable Canadian woman.
The Next of Kin
Nellie McClung (1873-1951), born Nellie Letitia Mooney 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. She published her first novel Sowing Seeds in Danny in 1908. It was a national best seller and was followed by numerous short stories and articles in Canadian and American magazines. In 1911, the McClungs moved to Winnipeg. The women[s rights movement in Winnipeg embraced her. An effective speaker with a sense of humour, she played a leading role in the successful Liberal campaign in 1914. Her great causes were women[s suffrage and temperance. It was largely through her efforts that in 1916 Manitoba became the first province to give women the right to vote and to run for public office. She served as a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1926. Her works include: The Second Chance (1910), The Black Creek Stopping- House and Other Stories (1912), The Next of Kin: Stories of Those Who Wait and Wonder (1917), Three Times and Out (1918) and Purple Springs (1922).
In Times Like These
Nellie McClung's fourth book, In Times Like These, written in 1915, survives as a classic formulation of a feminist position. With hard-hitting rhetoric it demands women's rights as a logical extension of traditional views of female moral superiority and maternal responsibility.
The Valiant Nellie McClung
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 ...
Nellie McClung, the Complete Autobiography
Nellie McClung's two-volume autobiography provides a remarkable and very readable account of a truly extraordinary life. With her fine eye for detail, she makes the Canada of her time come vividly alive for readers.
Three Times and Out
Canadian boy's experience in Germany.
Nellie L.
The original story of Nellie McClung's struggle to make women 'persons' in the eyes of the law.
The Black Creek Stopping-House, and Other Stories
"The Black Creek Stopping-House, and Other Stories" is a volume of short stories by Nellie McClung about pioneer life on the Canadian prairies. The stories contain well-developed characters, fascinating situations, and easily visualized settings. The author provides a glimpse into a world that has, in some aspects, disappeared but is still much with us in others. The book's primary focus is the pioneering women of the west and their joys, pains, and talent to make a new land home to new generations.
Purple Springs
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Purple Springs" by Nellie L. McClung. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
