Nellie McClung 1873-1951

remembered for her role in the famous "Person's Case" which saw Canadian women declared persons in 1929
She led Manitoba Premier Rodmond Roblin through the city's sweatshops to demonstrate the appalling working conditions many women faced. When Roblin suggested "nice" women did not want the vote ( I confess. I really don't want to vote. Same ol same ol. But this year might turn out to be different. So I voted. thank you Nellie), Nellie McClung retorted: "By nice women...you probably mean selfish women who have no more thought for the underprivileged, overworked women than a pussycat in a sunny window for the starving kitten in the street. Now in that sense I am not a nice woman for I do care." Premier Roblin strongly opposed giving women the right to vote, and in 1914 Nellie McClung and her fellow reformers wanted to defeat him. They put on a play called "The Women's Parliament," a satire which turned the tables and poked fun at the dangers of giving men the right to vote. Nellie McClung's parody of premier Roblin's arguments caused uproarious laughter for packed and enthusiastic audiences. Although Roblin's Conservative government was re-elected, his victory was short-lived. The next year the suffragists helped to defeat him and in 1916 the new Liberal government gave the vote to Manitoba women.
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