Nellie Mooney McClung 1873-1951
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Born in Chatsworth, Ontario, Nellie Mooney moved to Manitoba with her family in 1880. As a politician and public lecturer, she campaigned vigorously for social reform and women's rights. A Liberal member for Edmonton in the Alberta legislature (1921-26) and the first female member of the CBC Board of Governors (1936-42), she was one of the small groups whose efforts succeeded in opening the Canadian Senate to women. She was the author of several influential books written in the form of the Methodist and temperance literature of her day, including Sowing Seeds in Danny and Clearing in the West. She died in Victoria, B.C.
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The County of Grey
The Township of Chatsworth
South of Chatsworth on the west side of Highway 6
1.0 km south of Road 40
N 44 25.942 W 80 53.756
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