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    Stories Subversive: Through the Field with Gloves Off: Short Fiction by Nellie L. McClung
    Stories Subversive: Through the Field with Gloves Off: Short Fiction by Nellie L. McClung
    Stories Subversive: Through the Field with Gloves Off: Short Fiction by Nellie L. McClung
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    Stories Subversive: Through the Field with Gloves Off: Short Fiction by Nellie L. McClung

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    First-wave feminist, activist, and social reformer, Nellie McClung ranked as one of the most popular Canadian authors and among the liveliest critics of Canada's male-dominated society. Well ahead of her time, McClung was known as a writer who dared to discuss taboo topics, and for her inimitable humour, which rivals that of Stephen Leacock. This selection of her best short fiction includes depictions of difficult rural living conditions in Western Canada as well as "consciousness-raising" stories reflecting the undue restrictions on women and the anti-female laws and attitudes of her day.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUniversity of Ottawa Press
    Release dateOct 17, 1997
    ISBN9780776616957
    Stories Subversive: Through the Field with Gloves Off: Short Fiction by Nellie L. McClung
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    Nellie McClung

    Nellie McClung (1873–1951) was a Canadian feminist, politician, author, and activist best known for her role in the women’s suffrage movement and the successful overturning of the law that failed to recognize women as persons eligible to sit in the Senate. McClung and four other women—Henrietta Muir Edwards, Emily Murphy, Louise McKinney and Irene Parlby—came to be known as "The Famous Five" or "The Valiant Five” for their fight for the equal rights of women. After leaving politics, McClung went on to have a long and successful career as a bestselling author and journalist.

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