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Context

• Single Women
• Work Opportunities and Restrictions
• Letter to the Editor
• Becoming Married
• "The House of Clay"
• Marriage Agencies
• The Family
• Traditional Roles and Responsibilities
• "Some Things a Woman Can Do"
• Violet McNaughton 
• Contributions to Family and Society
• Nellie McClung on Women's Organizations
• Women on Homesteads
• Overcoming Isolation
• Isolation on the Prairies
• Creating Communities
• On Children
• Women's Institutes
• "Speaking of Women"
• Women's Experience in Cities and Towns
• "Canadian Girl"
• Stereotypes and Ideologies
• British Imperialism
• Imperialism and Racism
• Social Darwinism
• On Darwin
• Temperance and Prohibition
• Marxism, Socialism, and Communism
• The Winnipeg General Strike
• Legacy of the Strike
• Social Gospel
• "Exhaustion Mistaken for Peace"
• Anti-feminist Atmosphere
• Stephen Leacock's Take on Women
• Diverse Nature of Men and Women
• Technology Dispossesses Women
• Women's Rights
• Separate Spheres
• Unequal Wages
• Final Answer to that Woman Question
• Nellie McClung Takes on Leacock
• Speaking of Women
• Anti-Suffrage Reasoning
• Women on Homesteads
• Distinction of Spheres
• Woman Suffrage Bill
• "Where are Canadian Women Going—Back to Their Homes or Continue in Business Life?"

Achievements

• Profiles
• Emily Murphy
• Private Life
• Public Life
• Literary Involvements
• Publications
• Women and Children
• Child Welfare
• Marriage Settlements
• Matrimonial Property Law in Quebec
• The Swedish Marriage Act
• The Danger of Alimony
• Role of the Church
• War and Peace
• Mental Health
• "Sterilization of the Insane"
• Eugenics
• Movements Inaugerated
• Federation of Women's Institutes
• Immigration
• Career as Police Magistrate
• Women's Police Court Letter
• "A Straight Talk on Courts"
• Legislation Championed
• Marriage Settlements
• Western Wife
• Criminal Code Amendment Letter
• "Love the Fulfilling of the Law"
• "To a Great Woman"
• Henrietta Muir Edwards
• Private Life
• Public Life
• National Council of Women of Canada
• Victorian Order of Nurses
• Other Involvements
• Publications
• Marriage
• Property
• Married Woman Earnings
• Dower and Tenancy by Courtesy
• Compulsory Support of Married Woman by Husband and Protection Orders
• Divorce and Separation
• Wills and Intestasy
• Trustees, Executors, Tutors
• Illegitimate Children
• Franchise
• Rape
• Abortion
• Neglect in Childbirth and Concealing of Dead Body
• Seduction
• Abduction
• Naturalization
• Legislation Championed
• "Motherhood, God's Greatest Gift"
• Louise McKinney
• Private Life
• Public Life
• The Women's Christian Temperance Union
• Involvement with the WCTU
• President of the Alberta WCTU
• Superintendent of the Department of Scientific Temperance Union (STI)
• Career as Politician
• Alberta Women and Alberta Laws
• Irene Parlby
• Private Life
• Irene Comes to Canada
• Public Life
• United Farmers of Alberta (UFA)
• UFA Forms Government
• Involvement with the UFA
• "A While Ago and Today"
• Career as a Politician
• Irene Parlby, Cabinet Minister
• Achievements of the UFA Government
• "What Business Have Women in Politics?"
• "Life: A Great Opportunity"
• Nellie McClung
• Private Life
• Choosing a Mother-in-law
• Public Life
• Nellie McClung and the WCTU
• Life in Edmonton
• Publications
• Books Published
• Excerpts
• The Mock Parliament
• "The Play"
• Career as a Politician
• "Pleasures—Yes and Regrets"
• Female Suffrage
• Reasons Cited For and Against Granting Women the Vote
• Nellie McClung Newspaper Report
• Groups Involved in Promoting Female Suffrage
• The Western Provinces set a Precedent for Others
• Interview with Tom Wilson
• Ottawa Follows Suit
• Election of the First Female MLA's, MP's
• The Persons Case
• The Cause
• The Disappointment
• "Three Other Persons"
• The Victory
• The Reactions and Effects
• Other Causes
• Prohibition
• Anti-Prohibition Backlash
• Fanatical Prohibitionists
• Hypocritical Prohibitionists
• Crime and Conscience
• Inevitable End
• Equal Pay for Equal Work
• "Alberta Women and Alberta Laws"
• Divorce Inheritance Law
• Irene Parlby on Matrimonial Property Laws

Leadership

• Community Building
• Promoting Awareness, Self-Worth, Public Participation
• Ryan's Wells
• Nellie McClung on Women Voting
• Status of Women, Citizenship
• Legal vs. Social Equality
• Legacy
• Remembering the Famous 5
• Together
• Individually
• Public Recognition
• Monuments
• New $50 Bill
• "It is Up to Us!"

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