Who is she? (1 sentence)
Nellie McClung was born in Chatsworth Ontario, in 1873. Her father was an irish methodist, and a scottish presbyterian mother. She and her parents moved to Maitoba in 1880.
Why is she an important leader? (3 sentences
Nellie McClung was a feminist, in 1916 Manitoba become the first province to give the right to vote and run for public office.
McClung was a supporter of the popular social philsophy in eugenics and champaigned for the steriliztaion of thoses considered.
She also served as a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 - 1926.
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