Mcclung (Nellie Mooney) Letter, 1915

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Collection number: Mss2.M128

Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections University Library University of the Pacific Contact Information Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections University Library, University of the Pacific Stockton, CA 95211 Phone: (209) 946-2404 Fax: (209) 946-2810 URL: http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections.html Processed by: Don Walker Date Completed: November 1998 Encoded by: Don Walker © 1998 University of the Pacific. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary Title: McClung (Nellie Mooney) Letter, Date (inclusive): 1915 Collection number: Mss2.M128 Creator: Extent: 0.1 linear ft. Repository: University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections Stockton, CA 95211 Shelf location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog. Language: English. Access Collection is open for research. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], McClung (Nellie Mooney) Letter, Mss2.M128, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library personal name McClung, Nellie Louise Mooney (1873-1951) Brown, Mrs. E.K. subject Suffragists -Canada -Correspondence Women authors -Canada -Correspondence Biography Nellie Mooney McClung (1873-1951) was a Canadian novelist, prohibitionist and suffragette. She taught school in Manitoba (1889-1896), married Robert W. McClung (1896), bore five children and authored sixteen books, the best known of which is Sowing seeds in Danny (1908). She was a founding member of the Manitoba Political Equality Club (1912) and she lectured throughout Canada on behalf of woman suffrage (1912-1914) until Canadian women won the vote. McClung subsequently

Register of the McClung (Nellie Mss2.M128 2 Mooney) Letter, 1915 moved to Edmonton, Alberta where she was elected to the Alberta Legislature (1921). As a legislator McClung worked for public health nurses, free medical and dental care for children and liberalized birth control, divorce laws and property rights for women. Defeated in 1926 because of her strong stand for prohibition, McClung was later Canadian delegate to the League of Nations (1938). Scope and Content McClung's seven page letter is to Mrs. E.K. Brown of Winnipeg (1915) expressing sympathy for her loss of a child. The file includes a published biographical sketch of Nellie McClung.