Nellie McClung | |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton | |
| In office 18 July 1921 – 28 June 1926 | |
| Succeeded by | John Lymburn, Charles Weaver, Charles Gibbs, Warren Prevey and David Duggan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nellie Letitia Mooney 20 October 1873 Chatsworth, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | 1 September 1951 (aged 77) Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse |
Robert Wesley McClung
(m. 1896) |
| Children | 5 |
| Occupation | Politician, Writer |
| Known for | Women's rights activism |
Nellie Letitia McClung (née Mooney; 20 October 1873 – 1 September 1951) was a Canadian author, politician, and social activist, who is regarded as one of Canada's most prominent suffragists. She began her career in writing with the 1908 book Sowing Seeds in Danny, and would eventually publish sixteen books, including two autobiographies. She played a leading role in the women's suffrage movement in Canada, helping to grant women the vote in Alberta and Manitoba in 1916. McClung was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in 1921, where she served until 1926.
As a member of the Famous Five, she was one of five women who took the Persons Case first to the Supreme Court of Canada, and then to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, for the right of women to serve in the Senate of Canada. McClung was the first woman appointed to the board of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1936. She served as a delegate to the League of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland in 1938.