Sowing Seeds in Danny
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44
1908
English
- Prologue: People of the Story
- Sowing Seeds in Danny
- The Old Doctor
- The Pink Lady
- The Band of Hope
- The Relict of the Late McGuire
- The Musical Sense
- "One of Manitoba's Prosperous Farmers"
- The Other Doctor
- The Live Wire
- The Butcher-Ride
- How Pearl Watson Wiped Out the Stain
- From Camilla's Diary
- The Fifth Son
- The Faith That Moveth Mountains
- "Inasmuch"
- How Polly Went Home
- "Egbert and Edythe"
- The Party at Slater's
- Pearl's Diary
- Tom's New Viewpoint
- A Crack in the Granite
- Shadows
- Saved!
- The Harvest
- Cupid's Emissary
- The Thanksgiving
- Conclusion: Convincing Camilla
Nellie L. McClung (1873-1951) is a Canadian icon - a feminist, social activist, author, and political leader. When she was a child, she moved to Manitoba with her pioneering family of farmers. As a teacher in rural Manitoba, she was a keen observer of village life at the turn of the century, and her first novel "Sowing Seeds in Danny” (1908) was a poignant snapshot of daily life on the Canadian prairies and a national best-seller, which sold more than 100,000 copies.
As a suffragette, she led the campaign for women's enfranchisement, which saw Manitoba become the first province in Canada to grant the vote to women in 1916. By 1918, the same right was granted at the national level, before either the US (1920) or UK (1928). After moving to Alberta, she was elected to that province's legislature in 1921, where she championed children’s health care and women’s rights.
As a member of the "famous five" women, her statue now graces the the grounds of the Manitoba legislature, to commemorate the 1929 court challenge, which allowed women to be recognized as “persons” and eligible to sit as federal senators.
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