Analysis Of Women's Suffrage, By Nellie Mcclung

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Women’s Suffrage was a movement aiming to give women the right to vote, an equal chance to participate in the government, the right to claim property, and be treated equally to men. Nellie McClung was one of the Famous Five who stood up for women’s right to vote. McClung saw unjust in the law towards women and children, women had no way of protecting themselves from abuse, women couldn’t own property, only men could. Women couldn’t do anything about home issues if they had an abusive spouse, divorce was not an option due to Christianity and that the women would also be left with nothing,. The men would have the children and the property under their name leaving the women under no set back, women were say as inferior, only being expected to do house work and not be involved in politics, women didn’t have the same rights that men did and were always ranked lower than men. McClung saw this injustice and therefore she aimed to give women equal rights as men. …show more content…

This club promoted women’s right. She was a writer and wrote “Sowing Seeds In Danny” to promote women’s suffrage. On January 28, 1914 McClung help up a mock parliament to demonstrate public support; the topic of discussion was weather men should be able to vote or

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