A Quick Look at Nellie McClung Nellie Letitia Mooney was born in Chatsworth Ontario She had 5 older siblings but when Nellie was 8 her older sister Elizabeth had died of pneumonia She married Robert Wesley McClung and they had 5 children They lived in only western cities of Canada such as Manitou Edmonton Winnipeg Calgary and Victoria Nellie was the author of Sowing Seeds in Danny her first novel which made quite a bit of money Nellie was a Canadian feminist and was part of the famous five which was a group of women that helped women get rights and freedoms She died in Victoria British Columbia at the age of 77 Even after her death women and men are both equal