Quote of the day
I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
Nellie McClung
Born: October 20, 1873
Died: September 1, 1951 (aged 77)
Bio: Nellie Letitia McClung was a Canadian feminist, politician, author, and social activist. She was a part of the social and moral reform movements prevalent in Western Canada in the early 1900s.
Known for:
- Sowing Seeds in Danny (1908)
- Clearing in the West: My Own Story (1935)
- Painted Fires (1925)
- Three Times and Out (1918)
- Purple Springs (1921)