Nellie McClung Mooney was born on October 20, 1873 at Chatsworth, Ontario. Her father, John Mooney owned a farm for 7 years but unfortunately it failed in 1880 so her family moved to Manitoba. She got married in 1904 to a man named Wesley and had 5 children and in between 1911 and 1915 they would fight for woman's suffrage. She decided to campaign for the liberal party in 1915 so she can make a change for woman so that they can vote. She also decided to become a public speaker and everyone remembered her for her sense of humor and because of McClung and her colleges Manitoba was the first province in Canada to allow women to vote. In 1921 she was elected to the Alberta Legislative Assembly as a liberal so she moved Calgary, Alberta and wrote her first book called "Sowing Seeds In Danny". It was a national bestseller and after that she wrote for multiple magazines. …show more content…
All 5 women did something to gain their legacy, McClung for example was a suffragist, social reformer, and she served as a member of Alberta's Legislative. She also actively campaigned for birth control, free medical and dental care for children that go to school, temperance, and rights of woman. In 1936 she became the first women on the board of the Govender's of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and in 1939 was Canadas first sole women represented to the league of