Jane mccallum biography
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Jane Yelvington McCallum
Bio
An effective lobbyist, Jane Y. McCallum used her many talents to bring about votes for women and laws that helped women and children. As an Austin housewife and mother of fem, she handled statewide publicity for the woman suffrage movement from 1915 to 1920. Once women had voting power, McCallum organized the Women's Joint Legislative Council, better known as the Petticoat Lobby, to promote laws affecting prisons, schools, maternal and infant health, and child labor. It became one of Texas' most successful public interest lobbying organizations. She was appointed by Texas Governor Daniel J. Moody as sekreterare of State, a position she held from 1927 to 1933. While sekreterare of State, McCallum rediscovered the original Texas Declaration of Independence and placed it in public view.
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Best known for her dedication to winning the right to vote, Jane Y. McCallum was a lifelong activ
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Texas Originals
Jane Y. McCallum
December 30, 1877–August 14, 1957
On June 28, 1919, Jane McCallum wrote in her diary, "Somehow I felt too thankful to be jubilant. We have a great responsibility and I pray God we may meet it squarely and successfully."
The responsibility McCallum referred to was the right to vote—a right American women finally won in 1920 with the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. As a leader of Texas women's fight for suffrage, McCallum always met her civic responsibilities "squarely and successfully."
Born in 1877 in LaVernia, Texas, McCallum moved to Austin in 1903 when her husband became school superintendent. In 1915, she was elected president of the Austin Woman Suffrage Association. As she campaigned for women's voting rights, McCallum faced heated criticism. Undaunted, she gave speeches, wrote newspaper columns, and lobbied legislators—all while running a busy, active household.
After women's right to vote had been secured, McCallum took on n
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Mary Jane McCallum
Indigenous-Canadian politician and Senator
Mary Jane McCallum (born 1952) is a Canadian Senator representing Manitoba.
Early life and education
[edit]McCallum was born on May 1, 1952.[citation needed] She attended a residential school from the age of five.[1] She received a Dental Nursing Diploma from the Wascana Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences in Regina, Saskatchewan, in 1977 and a dental therapy diploma at the School of Dental Therapy in 1979. She earned a Doctor of Dental Medicine degree from the University of Manitoba in 1990.[2]
Career
[edit]A dentist by profession, and a Cree woman, she has spent much of her career working to provide dental and medical services to northern and Indigenous communities in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.[2]
She was appointed to the Senate by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on December 4, 2017.[3][4]
On May 6, 2021 she was named Chancellor of Brandon U