Nellie McClung -

Nellie McClung

The Complete Autobiography
Buch | Softcover
544 Seiten
2003
Broadview Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-55111-572-6 (ISBN)
38,65 inkl. MwSt
Nellie McClung's two-volume autobiography provides a remarkable and very readable account of a truly extraordinary life. With her fine eye for detail, she makes the Canada of her time come vividly alive for readers.
Nellie Letitia McClung (1873-1951) is recognized as a key figure in Canadian history as well as Canadian literature. Her two-volume autobiography provides a remarkable and very readable account of a truly extraordinary life. McClung is best known for her involvement in the 1929 "Person's Case," in which the British Privy Council ruled in favour of an appeal by the "Famous Five" against the judgement of the Supreme Court of Canada that women did not qualify legally as persons. McClung had, however, been a high profile figure, as a suffragist, politician, and writer, in Canadian politics and literature for many years and remained so well into the 1940s. Her autobiography provides unique insight into Canadian public affairs in the first half of the twentieth century. Equally interesting are McClung's accounts of her early days as a child, teacher, young wife and mother. With her fine eye for detail, she makes the Canada of her time come vividly alive for readers. 


Originally published in two volumes, McClung's autobiographies found a wide audience from their first publication in 1935 and 1945. They have never before been available in a single volume. For this re-issue Veronica Strong-Boag and Michelle Lynn Rosa have written a substantial introduction and added explanatory notes that illuminate the woman and the historical context for modern readers.

Veronica Strong-Boag is a professor emerita at the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice and the Department of Educational Studies, University of British Columbia. Michelle Lynn Rosa, a graduate of the University of British Columbia in Honours English, is pursuing graduate studies in Montreal.

Introduction: "Some Small Legacy of Truth"


Bibliography


Clearing in the West






The Youngest of Six


The Family


The House and the People


Echoes from the West


The Decision


We Arrive


On the Trail


Companions on the Way


The First Winter


Spring Came At Last, Bringing Neighbours


The Henhouse Door


Social Activities


The Church and the School


Picnics


The Way of the Transgressor


Men and Machines


Limitations


Retribution


My First Sight of Brandon


Christmas Day


A Visit from the Teacher


Trouble in the North West


The Tragic Ending


The Dramateurs


The Party


The Family Is Extended


Hands Across the Sea


The First Sorrow


When the Door Opened


Winnipeg in 1889


My First School


Winds of the World


Raw Material


The Young Evangelists


I Saw E. Cora Hind


My First Political Meeting


Manitou


Summer Holidays


In Which the First Part of My Life Ends


Life Goes On, No Matter Who Dies


Treherne


The Royal Visit


The Farm in 1895


Commencement



The Stream Runs Fast




Manitou 1896


Humble Beginnings


Genesis


The Family


Town Hall Tonight


Social Life


The Winds of the World


Strong Women


The Flavour of a Hymn


My First Story


The First House


The First Move


A Gentleman of the Old School


"The Women's Parliament"


The Campaign


The War


Westward We Go!


We Take the Bitter with the Sweet


New Places and People


Alberta Politics


Singing Up the Hill


The Glad Day


The Prairie Pilgrim


Family Matters


Up to London


On the Writing of Books


The Middle Years


Travellers' Joy


Nova Scotia


The League of Nations, 1938


The Way of Words


Conclusion

Erscheint lt. Verlag 1.5.2003
Verlagsort Peterborough
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 740 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Politische Theorie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-55111-572-7 / 1551115727
ISBN-13 978-1-55111-572-6 / 9781551115726
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