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Nellie McClung was a 19th-century Canadian author, activist, suffragist and politician. Nellie Letitia McClung was a Canadian author, politician, and social activist, who is regarded as one of Canada's most prominent suffragists. She began her career in writing with the 1908 book Sowing Seeds in Danny, and would eventually publish sixteen books, including two autobiographies. Read more on Wikipedia →

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