Firing The Heather
The Life and Times of Nellie McClung
Hallet, Mary; Davis, Marilyn
Publisher: Fifth House
Year Published: 1993
Pages: 336pp Price: $26.95 ISBN: 1-895618-20-7
Library of Congress Number: HQ1455.M3H34 1993 Dewey: 305.42'092
Resource Type: Book
Cx Number: CX9282
This is the story of Nellie McClung, Canada's leading figure in the early women's rights movements. She fought for the right for women not just to be recognized as persons but as also to work outside the home and for equal pay.
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Contents:
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Grey county and the move West
Growing up near Millford
Normal school and teaching
Living in Manitou:1896-1911
The Winnipeg years: The growing spirit of reform
The War years: 1914-1918
Alberta politics: 1917-1926
Women's role in the Church
Living in Alberta: 1914-1932
Antiromantic fiction of a feminist
Life at Lantern Lane
Notes
Index
Subject Headings
