Who Was She?
What is her full name?
Nellie Letitia McClung
What was her main goal?
Gender equality
Name 3 of Nellie's jobs
Writer, speaker, activist, and politician
What did the temperance movement want to ban?
Alcohol
What year was she born?
1873
What year did Nellie and her team achieve the right to vote in Manitobe?
1916
What was Nellie's first job?
She was a teacher
What is the term for the ban against alcohol?
Prohibition
How long did she live for?(In years)
77 years
What is the suffragette movement?
Getting women the right to vote
Who was Nellie's opposition?
Why did women want to ban alcohol?
They believed it led to abuse and poverty
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Why did Rodmond Roblin want to stop Nellie McClung?
He wanted to keep men in political power in Canada
What age did Nellie get her teaching certificate?
16
What was the first province to allow female voting?
Manitoba
Name ALL of the famous five
Henrietta Muir Edwards, Louise McKinney,Irene Parlby,Emily Murphy, and Nellie McClung
What was the Person's Case of 1927?
A court case where women gained the right to be recognized as "persons" and the right to run for office
At a young age, what action did Nellie take in changing the world and why?
Nellie decided to become a teacher to create gender equality.
What is the significance of the Temperance Movement?
It was the first example of women forming organizations in the United States and Canada