The Nellie McClung Foundation has received a Centennial Recognition Award by the Canadian Federation of Business and Professional Women (BPW Canada). The BPW Canada’s 45th Biennial National Convention in Calgary presented the award, and it pays tribute to The Nellie McClung Foundation’s vision of rights for women.
Nellie McClung was a founding member of the Calgary BPW chapter. First Vice-President Jenny Gulamani-Abulla, said: “As the local chapter draws closer to its 90th anniversary, we are reminded of Nellie McClung’s famous quote: ‘Women are going to form a chain; a greater sisterhood the world has ever known.'” The Canadian Federation of Business and Professional Women is a non-sectarian, non-profit, and non-partisan organization working to improve the economic, political, social and employment conditions of Canadian working women.
The Nellie McClung Foundation has a two-part mandate: to raise funds to create and erect a memorial, now on the grounds of the Manitoba Legislative building. It commemorates the work of Nellie McClung and educates the public about her passion and achievements in pursuit of women’s and human rights.
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