POLITICIAN

Nellie McClung

1873 - 1951

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Nellie Letitia McClung (née Mooney; 20 October 1873 – 1 September 1951) 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. She played a leading role in the women's suffrage movement in Canada, helping to grant women the vote in Alberta and Manitoba in 1916. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nellie McClung has received more than 563,654 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Nellie McClung is the 16,378th most popular politician, the 560th most popular biography from Canada and the 47th most popular Canadian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nellie McClung ranks 16,378 out of 19,576Before her are Laurent Nkunda, Stanley Wagner, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, Princess Alia bint Hussein, and Lionel Aingimea. After her are Nikos Kotzias, Koto Matsudaira, Annette Schavan, Janez Potočnik, John Nelson, and Segerseni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Nellie McClung ranks 186Before her are Lucien Mérignac, Charles Clary, Guillaume Grandidier, Juan Corzo, Carlos María de la Torre, and Maurice Verdonck. After her are Alphonse Kirchhoffer, Halvdan Koht, Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard, Charles Schlee, James Jones, and Herbert Roper Barrett. Among people deceased in 1951, Nellie McClung ranks 170Before her are Harry Blackstaffe, Timrava, Simon Barere, Ben Chifley, Herbert Lindström, and Polydore Veirman. After her are Gordon Hodgson, Thomas Blamey, Tom Kiely, Max Horton, Cecil Green, and John Sloan.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Nellie McClung ranks 560 out of 1,622Before her are Farley Mowat (1921), Edward Archibald (1884), Charles Scicluna (1959), Dorothy Stratten (1960), K.d. lang (1961), and Atiba Hutchinson (1983). After her are Jeff Healey (1966), Wilfred Lucas (1871), Michael Cera (1988), Gus Dillon (1881), Thomas Middleditch (1982), and Ken Kirzinger (1959).

Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, Nellie McClung ranks 47Before her are Ian Millar (1947), John Sparrow David Thompson (1845), Gaétan Boucher (1958), Marc Garneau (1949), Scotty Bowman (1933), and Jeanne Sauvé (1922). After her are Gus Dillon (1881), Jagmeet Singh (1979), Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin (1849), Patrick Roy (1965), Charles Tupper (1821), and Gilles Duceppe (1947).