Nellie Mcclung: Activist #3

Nellie McClung, 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 was also the grandmother of outspoken Alberta judge John McClung. 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. Nellie is important because she had a large impact of feminists and women around the world, and influenced many other political actions.