Nellie McClung : : The Complete Autobiography / / Veronica Strong-Boag, The Estate of Michelle Rosa.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013
• HerausgeberIn: Michelle Rosa, The Estate of ,; Strong-Boag, Veronica,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2020]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (544 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Nellie McClung -- Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: "Some Small Legacy of Truth" -- Bibliography -- Clearing in the West -- Chapter 1. The Youngest of Six -- Chapter 2. The Family -- Chapter 3. The House and the People -- Chapter 4. Echoes from the West -- Chapter 5. The Decision -- Chapter 6. We Arrive -- Chapter 7. On the Trail -- Chapter 8. Companions on the Way -- Chapter 9. The First Winter -- Chapter 10. Spring Came at Last, Bringing Neighbours -- Chapter 11. The Henhouse Door -- Chapter 12. Social Activities -- Chapter 13. The Church and the School -- Chapter 14. Picnics -- Chapter 15. The Way of the Transgressor -- Chapter 16. Men and Machines -- Chapter 17. Limitations -- Chapter 18. Retribution -- Chapter 19. My First Sight of Brandon -- Chapter 20. Christmas Day -- Chapter 21. A Visit from the Teacher -- Chapter 22. Trouble in the North West -- Chapter 23. The Tragic Ending -- Chapter 24. The Dramateurs -- Chapter 25. The Party -- Chapter 26. The Family Is Extended -- Chapter 27. Hands Across the Sea -- Chapter 28. The First Sorrow -- Chapter 29. When the Door Opened -- Chapter 30. Winnipeg in 1889 -- Chapter 31. My First School -- Chapter 32. Winds of the World -- Chapter 33. Raw Material -- Chapter 34. The Young Evangelists -- Chapter 35. I Saw E. Cora Hind -- Chapter 36. My First Political Meeting -- Chapter 37. Manitou -- Chapter 38. Summer Holidays -- Chapter 39. In Which the First Part of My Life Ends -- Chapter 40. Life Goes On, No Matter Who Dies -- Chapter 41. Treherne -- Chapter 42. The Royal Visit -- Chapter 43. The Farm in 1895 -- Chapter 44. Commencement -- The Stream Runs Fast -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Manitou-1896 -- Chapter 2. Humble Beginnings -- Chapter 3. Genesis -- Chapter 4. The Family -- Chapter 5. Town Hall Tonight -- Chapter 6. Social Life -- Chapter 7. The Winds of the World -- Chapter 8. Strong Women -- Chapter 9. The Flavour of a Hymn -- Chapter 10. My First Story -- Chapter 11. The First House -- Chapter 12. The First Move -- Chapter 13. A Gentleman of the Old School -- Chapter 14. "The Women's Parliament" -- Chapter 15. The Campaign -- Chapter 16. The War -- Chapter 17. Westward We Go! -- Chapter 18. We Take the Bitter with the Sweet -- Chapter 19. New Places and People -- Chapter 20. Alberta Politics -- Chapter 21. Singing Up the Hill -- Chapter 22. The Glad Day -- Chapter 23. The Prairie Pilgrim -- Chapter 24. Family Matters -- Chapter 25. Up to London -- Chapter 26. On the Writing of Books -- Chapter 27. The Middle Years -- Chapter 28. Travellers' Joy -- Chapter 29. Nova Scotia -- Chapter 30. The League of Nations, 1938 -- Chapter 31. The Way of Words -- Chapter 32. Conclusion