33 thoughts on “Courage”

    1. Yes, it is! Nellie McClung was one of the “Famous Five” group of women who fought to have women recognised as equal “people” who should be able to vote. They eventually won their case at the Imperial Privy Council. As you can imagine it was a slog but Nellie was a tough negotiator who wouldn’t stop and who eventually also went on to elected office. In light of Trump’s tariffs, we have to take a page from her book.

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    1. She was a tough cookie, as were the other four who forced through women’s voting rights and recognition as “people.” They were dealing with a seemingly insurmountable issue but they persevered. She was fantastic and a role model for us today.

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  3. Nellie exemplified the true Canadian stoicism that we must all display while this S—show goes on South of our border. I am sure DT sang his one note scale during the joint address last night…Mem, Me, Me, Me. We have it on the PVR and may turn it into a drinking game to get through it. Have a good Wednesday Lynette. Allan

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    3. Thanks, Allan. Agreed – Nellie was a tough cookie who wouldn’t back off and we need to emulate her.
      He sure did. Ugh. I found it hard to watch and ended up doing the highlights because it was just torturous. Allan, if you turn it into a drinking game you’ll be flopped over and drooling inside of 20 minutes with a massive hangover the next day. 😉

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  12. So good to hear her name again, and read that wonderful quote! Glad to see it, and her, given new attention. Oh, these “tough-cookie” (your phrase) pioneering Canadian political women! Another example: Charlotte Whitton, mayor of Ottawa in both the 50s and 60s, famous for her quips. Here’s a collection: https://www.azquotes.com/author/15613-Charlotte_Whitton#google_vignette . Her most-quoted quote: “Whatever women do, they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Fortunately, that is not difficult.”

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    1. Thank you very much for the link, Penny. I hadn’t thought of Nellie McClung or the other very strong women such as Charlotte Whitton who sprinkle our history until lately when I was looking for an historical role model. Yes, those pioneering political women! I love that quote from Whitton.

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      1. You’ve just caused me to look up the Persons Case, i.e. petition brought to the Supreme Court in 1927 by 5 Alberta women (incl. Nellie McClung & Emily Murphy) that ultimately resulted in the the legal recognition of women as (gasp) “persons” in British common law. And while we’re celebrating terrific early role models: did you know that the Women’s Institute movement (WI), still so strong in the UK, was founded in Stoney Creek ON in 1897 by Canadian women? They were asked to intro the model to England, where it gained traction that it’s never quite had here at home. But there’s a splendid sculpture, near Stoney Creek, to commemorate that bit of history.

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        1. Right? Absolutely cringeworthy when I think of how women were treated and are still treated in so many, many places. We had to fight to be recognised as people? Unbelievable. Of course, this is also part of DT’s plan. Not only turn back the clock politically but in every other way, as well. Eliminate birth control and abortion and get those women pregnant and dominated! Musk apparently just had his 14th baby. Ugh.

          My mother was born and raised in UK and used to be in the Women’s Institute both there and here too. Its decline came after she had passed on though. She very much enjoyed it. I hadn’t thought of it in years until you mentioned it.

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