Nellie L. McClung (1873-1951) was the author of four novels and several volumes of short stories and non-fiction. McClung was one of five women responsible for the 1929 Persons Case that established women as "persons" according to Canadian law.
Cecily Devereux is a professor in the Department of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta. Her publications include Growing a Race: Nellie L.
McClung and the Fiction of Eugenic Feminism (2005).