Many of Winnipeg's early newspapers provide news from Manitoba's earliest rural communities.
A collection of photographs researched and digitized by Ed Ledohowski from the collections of Library and Archives Canada, and the Manitoba Legislative Archive.
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Gathering to renew old acquaintances, these former Manitou citizens celebrated in June 1922 in Kildonan Park in Winnipeg.
A reference to this gathering can be found in the june 22, 1922 issue of the Manitou Western Canadian.
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Many former Manitou residents moved on to other communities, many of them to Winnipeg where they, for many years gathered every summer to renew acquaintances.
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A news article on women's suffrage then and now.
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Published in the Victoria Times Colonist, this reminiscence by a niece of Nellie McClung recalls her experience of hearing Nellie McClung in her role as Premier Roblin during the Mock Parliament performance at the Walker Theatre.
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A news article on women's issues.
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A news article on Women's issues.
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Grade by grade material on Nellie McClung corresponding to the Manitoba curriculum documents.
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