Sowing Seeds in Danny
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Title
Sowing Seeds in Danny
Description
Nellie Letitia McClung (1873–1951) was an author, teacher social reformer, politician, and suffragist. She earned a teaching certificate and worked until her marriage to a pharmacist, settling in Manitou, Manitoba.
The move marked the beginning of her activism and she became involved in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. According to historian Charlotte Gray, McClung's acquaintance with the women in her town and their plight inspired her political involvement.
As a prohibitionist and suffragist, she was a prominent lecturer and public speaker. Along with Emily Murphy, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Louise Crummy McKinney and Irene Parlby (or the "Famous 5"), McClung petitioned the Supreme Court in an attempt to have women declared as “qualified persons,” eligible for public office as senators.
McClung's first novel, Sowing Seeds in Danny (William Briggs, 1910), a humourous depiction of a small prairie town, was a bestseller in Canada and the United States. Her other publications include The Second Chance (William Briggs, 1910), Painted Fires (Thomas Allen, 1925), Leaves from Lantern Lane (Thomas Allen, 1936) and many other titles, in addition to magazine articles and short stories. She also contributed two autobiographies, Clearing in the West: My Own Story (Thomas Allen, 1935) and The Stream Runs Fast: My Own Story (Thomas Allen, 1945).
The move marked the beginning of her activism and she became involved in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. According to historian Charlotte Gray, McClung's acquaintance with the women in her town and their plight inspired her political involvement.
As a prohibitionist and suffragist, she was a prominent lecturer and public speaker. Along with Emily Murphy, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Louise Crummy McKinney and Irene Parlby (or the "Famous 5"), McClung petitioned the Supreme Court in an attempt to have women declared as “qualified persons,” eligible for public office as senators.
McClung's first novel, Sowing Seeds in Danny (William Briggs, 1910), a humourous depiction of a small prairie town, was a bestseller in Canada and the United States. Her other publications include The Second Chance (William Briggs, 1910), Painted Fires (Thomas Allen, 1925), Leaves from Lantern Lane (Thomas Allen, 1936) and many other titles, in addition to magazine articles and short stories. She also contributed two autobiographies, Clearing in the West: My Own Story (Thomas Allen, 1935) and The Stream Runs Fast: My Own Story (Thomas Allen, 1945).
Creator
McClung, Nellie L., 1873–1951
Source
Canadiana
Publisher
William Briggs
Date
1908
Rights
Public domain
Identifier
PR9199.3 .M3332 S6 1908a
Collection
Citation
McClung, Nellie L., 1873–1951, “Sowing Seeds in Danny,” Dominion of the North: Literary & Print Culture in Canada, accessed May 14, 2024, https://omeka.vicu.utoronto.ca/dominion/document/PR9199.3%20.M3332%20S6%201908a.