Nellie McClung: ‘The currents of life grow stronger in these terrible days’

In 1916 reformer and author Nellie McClung wrote this powerful essay for Maclean’s on women’s right to vote—and it resonates as thousands of female Ontarians cast their ballots today

Nellie L. McClung
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Nellie McClung (Photo courtesy of Library and Archives Canada)

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