NELLIE McCLUNG Our Nell Nellie McClung 51 KB Women are going to form a chain, a greater sisterhood than the world has ever known. (Nellie McClung, 1916) Members of the Herstory Collective, past and present, all have favourite women or topics. but one woman we all find interesting is Nellie McClung (Herstory 1974)--she could even be called our matron saint. When we need a good quotation, Nellie ...

Law: The Persons Case Nellie McClung 13 KB Henrietta Muir Edwards 12 KB Irene Parlby 11 KB Louise McKinney 13 KB Emily Murphy 12 KB One of the most famous cases in Canadian legal history--the Persons Case--was brought by five Alberta women--Emily Murphy (Herstory 1974), Nellie McClung (Herstory 1974), Irene Parlby (Herstory 1975), Henrietta Muir Edwards (Herstory 1976), and Louise McKinney ...

SUFFRAGE ...not idiots nor imbeciles The Women's Parliament 18 KB Suffrage ...Gentlemen, we object to being classed with those who are denied the vote. We are not idiots, not imbeciles. We are women, and we are asking for equal franchise, not as a favour, but because it is just that we should have it. --Zoe Haight (Herstory 1987), in a speech to the Saskatchewan legislature while presenting the ...