Although she was an advocate of a broad range of issues, her successful leadership was applied to her constant causes: women's suffrage and prohibition. She started public speaking by giving readings called recitals , as an author. However, she soon developed into a lecturer, accepting speaking engagements on suffrage and temperance. She was a prominent speaker for the Liberal Party in the Manitoba provincial elections of and Her effort was rewarded in when Manitoba became the first province to give women the right to vote and to run for public office.
After moving to Edmonton, she continued the campaign for suffrage in Alberta. Share Flipboard Email. Issues Canadian Government The U. Government U.
Foreign Policy U. Liberal Politics U. Susan Munroe. Canadian Culture Expert. Susan Munroe is a public affairs and communications professional based in Canada. Featured Video. Cite this Article Format. Munroe, Susan. Biography of Susan B. Anthony, Women's Suffrage Activist. International Women's Suffrage Timeline: Present. Top 10 Women's Suffrage Activists. An active journalist and founder of several clubs, she was the Liberal member of the Alberta Legislature for Edmonton from to McClung also encouraged her to write a short story for a magazine context.
This story was the basis for McClung's first novel, Sowing Seeds in Danny , which became a national best seller. McClung also pushed her daughter-in-law into her lecture career, by helping to organize her first speaking engagement at a Winnipeg church.
It was at the WCTU that McClung first learned the art of public speaking: "I saw faces brighten, glisten, and felt the atmosphere crackle with a new power.
McClung's understanding of human nature affected her views on temperance issues and feminism. Thus, when World War I ended and the Great Depression deepened, McClung's concern for people and her inability to keep quiet propelled her into political activism. As she watched the Depression deepen with its "destruction of youth. She was elected a Liberal member of the Alberta legislature in when the United Farmers swept to power.
She campaigned for the rights of Aboriginal and Asian women. Nellie remained a driving force in Canadian politics until her death on September 1, Nellie McClung had many jobs over the course of her career, including teacher, writer, speaker, politician, and activist. Nellie was passionate about human rights. As with most women of her time, she began working at a very young age. At only 16 she was already teaching in a rural school.
It was around this time that Nellie started learning about the emerging social reform efforts in Manitoba and she quickly got involved. Not only was Nellie politically involved, she was also a published author. In , she would publish her first book, going on to publish 15 more, as well as newspaper articles, speeches, and articles for several national magazines. In addition to this busy workload, Nellie also found time to run for political office, serving as a member of the Legislative Assembly for five years.
Considering that in her time, most women who were married with children were singularly focused on the family, she seemed to be always ready to take on a new challenge, and throughout her life, never stopped fighting for the things she believed in. Over the course of 37 years, Nellie wrote 16 books. Her first, Sowing Seeds in Danny, was published in , and became the best seller of the year in Canada, eventually running into 17 editions.
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