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I went into politics

I went into politics quite without apologies to anyone, neither did I go from choice.  There comes a time when one cannot do otherwise without loss of self-respect …. And I am here to stay, until we get political recognition.

Credit: Nellie McClung, 1914
Source: Candace Savage. Our Nell: A Scrapbook Biography of Nellie L. McClung. p.107 - 8. 1979 Also referenced to an article by Madge MacBeth in "Canadian Women in the Arts," Maclean's Sept. 1914

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