Walker Theatre

Walker Theatre: If anything in Winnipeg is predictable, it is the weather in January. This is as true in 2014 as it was in 1914. A hundred years ago, a blizzard had covered the city's streets in high snow drifts during the last week of January. Nevertheless, the streetcars were running and a large crowd converged on the Walker Theatre on the evening of Jan. 28 to attend a special fundraising event organized by Winnipeg suffragists, the women of the recently formed Political Equality League. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. "Never retract, never explain, never apologize -- get the thing done and let them howl," was her motto and she lived up to those words in every respect. A highlight of the suffragist campaign was the "Mock Parliament" McClung starred in at the Walker that night. One of the league's founders was the indomitable Nellie McClung, a 40-year old teacher and author, who had devoted herself to fighting the evils of the liquor trade and advocating for women's right to vote. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.