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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
29
Margaret  Kenny Guysboro Clerk view original petition
22
Carrie C. Crosby Yarmouth Clerk view original petition
15
H.R. Symonds Yarmouth Clerk view original petition
9
Margaret  Edgar Yarmouth Clerk view original petition
13
Elim Eisenhauer Lunenburg Clerk view original petition
11
E. L. Eisenhauer Lunenburg Clerk view original petition
4
G. A. Bachman Lunenburg Clerk view original petition
19
Smith Lunenburg Bank clerk view original petition
28
B. Walters Lunenburg Clerk view original petition
29
M. V. Daniels Lunenburg Clerk view original petition
30
E. L. Naas Lunenburg Clerk view original petition
6
Doris M. Holder Lunenburg Bank clerk view original petition
16
J. Dockerty Bridgewater Bank Clerk view original petition
14
Lucinda  Williams Regrs Clerk view original petition
Edna M.  Dumaresq Bridgewater Bank Clerk view original petition
8
Abbott Bridgewater Bank Clerk view original petition
11
Annie L.  Ernst Bridgewater Clerk view original petition
17
Libbie  Lohnes Riverport Clerk view original petition
22
Violet E. Creaser Riverport Clerk view original petition
13
Mr Austin Harnish Lequille Clerk view original petition
4
K.F. Phinney Round Hill Clerk view original petition
24
G. E. O. Jordan Charlotte St., Sydney Clerk view original petition
28
Margaret MacDonald 59 Douglas, Sydney Bank Clerk view original petition
5
Annie Wilson George St., Sydney Clerk view original petition
1
Dorothy Willmot Clerk, Crowell ltd. view original petition
2
Mary McKenzie 286 Townsend St., Sydney Clerk view original petition
9
A. M. Fader 334 Townsend St., Sydney Clerk view original petition
2
Clara McKenzie Scotsburn Clerk view original petition
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