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Tag Archives: Nellie McClung

Remembering and Commemorating a Complicated Past

   April 25, 2010 April 25, 2010    5 Comments on Remembering and Commemorating a Complicated Past

In this post, I look at controversies surrounding a statue of Nellie McClung, due to her early-20th century support of eugenics.

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Canadian history, History and Everyday Life, History in the News, Local History, Teaching History     Canadian history, Commemoration, Eugenics, Feminism, Human Rights, Local History, Nellie McClung, Statues, Teaching History

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