Nova Scotia Archives

Suffrage in Nova Scotia: Making our Mark

To the Government and Legislature of the Province
of Nova Scotia

      We whose names are hereto subscribed, being British subjects of the full age of twenty one years and upwards, and having lived in the province of Nova Scotia one year and upwards, hereby pray that you will introduce and pass at the next session of the Legislature an acting granting the provincial franchaise to women upon the same terms as those upon which it is granted to men, thus placing them upon a level with the women of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia.

No. Name Address Occupation view
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Mary E Redden O'Brien Street, Windsor Dressmaker view original petition
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Bessie Reid King Street, Windsor Machineoperator view original petition
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Mrs. M Noseworthy King Street, Windsor Machineoperator view original petition
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Mary E Slaughenwhite Sweets Corner view original petition
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Mary E  Maynard Stannis Street, Windsor Clerk view original petition
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Mrs. E. B. McPherson Grey Street, Windsor Housekeeper view original petition
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Helen M. Benett Grey Street, Windsor Housekeeper view original petition
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Mina M. MacPherson King Street, Windsor Clerk view original petition
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Mabel A McElheney Stannus Street, Windsor Clerk view original petition
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Hilda M  Shaw Grey Street, Windsor Bank Clerk view original petition
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Eleanor E. Smith Victoria Street, Windsor Rooms view original petition
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Lizzia J. Jardis O'Brien Street, Windsor Housekeeper view original petition
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C. R. Manning Falmouth Merchant view original petition
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T. B. Smith Windsor Gentleman view original petition
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Clarence Harvie Baelington Farmer view original petition
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Emma M  Mariette Ardoise Teacher view original petition
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A. F. DeMont Water Street, Windsor Merchant view original petition
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A. H. Chase Brooklyn Housekeeper view original petition
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J. G. Baxter Brooklyn Housekeeper view original petition
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J. L. Greenough Walton Housekeeper view original petition
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Mary E. Nunn Summerville Housekeeper view original petition
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B. M. Gibson Brooklyn Housekeeper view original petition
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S. V. France Avondale Clerk view original petition
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J. W. Nelson Avondale Bookeeper view original petition
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N. B. Beker Windsor Housekeeper view original petition
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Rufus Artz Windsor view original petition
John I Daniels Martock Farmer view original petition
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Frances  Boylan Windsor Forkes Teacher view original petition
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E. L. Buckell Centre Rawdon Housekeeper view original petition
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Mrs. Peter Jadis Windsor Housewife view original petition
               

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